This is an analysis of the poem Common Sense Without Relevance that begins with:

Wasting precious valued time,
Playing mind games to create......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdecbcfbffbeeXfbbe XX eeXgh bXhidX d aebbbfifeffX ge jejX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,2,5,6,1,12,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1011001 1010101010 11011010 10101 1101010 1101001100 01001 10100010 110110 11101101 0111 110100 100010001 01100001 01000100010 10101100 0100101 0011001101 001111 101 1110011 1101101 11010110 01 11111 10001110 1001000 1110111 0001010 111111 010 11111 1111010 111011000 01000101 10011101 0010011010 0101001 1010100 110111010 00111 010011 11000010 001011 100011001 111011 111111 1011 0011110 1110001 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • 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:

    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; to, you are repeated.

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

  • summary of Common Sense Without Relevance;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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