This is an analysis of the poem Check, Please! that begins with:
Those who believe,
A quality obtained......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcbac dedbbac feXX XcXeX fX X XbeaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,4,5,2,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 010001 1011101 1101010110001 0011 00100011010 11001 011110010001 1110010 1011001 1011010 1101001110 10101101 0100010 101 1 01110101 0110101010101 111111 111100111010 110 01001111001 11101 11 1111111 1110011010010 1 1110100 1010011 11011000110 111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Check, Please!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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