This is an analysis of the poem Can'T Disturb These Folks that begins with:

Are the buttocks firmer on athletes?
Those who adorn sneakers on courts......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXXXXbbbababbXXXabcccXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010111 11011011 1111101 1110110 111110 01001111001 1110 111111011010 111010 1110 11101 110111 101010 101101 11101110 1011101 11 1 10111 111100 011101001 1 11100010011 111111010 1100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 710
  • Average number of words per stanza: 128
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on, they are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Can'T Disturb These Folks;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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