This is an analysis of the poem Cutting Their Own Throats that begins with:
They are cutting their own throats.
'Aren't you being a bit dramatic? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: A bcbdedfdddfgehgX ib cX XgchAXe XIXIXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,2,2,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110111 1011001010 101101001 011101 11010101 001001 1111011110 111010001000 11111 10100011 010110 1101000 01 10101011010 100101110 111001 1110000101110 11 101 11 11111101001 101100 111111 1110111 1 1110111 11101011 0111100 1 11 11 11 1 1 101101000100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thing is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Cutting Their Own Throats;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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