This is an analysis of the poem Crossing Their Fingers that begins with:
The best distractions to employ,
And enjoy them being seen enacted......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbccXbc aXbcdefdd XXfebfX bX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,7,2,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010001 1010101010 101010110 1011001 1011 10011 100110100 1 110111010 0100101 001011 10001 0010110 0111101 01 11000 11010101 101 1111010 11 0100 11101001 110010 0110100 0111 10011011 10 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 Crossing Their Fingers;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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