This is an analysis of the poem Easier To Monitor that begins with:

Shut down and zipped.
Estranged from entangled arrangements....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbbd eaeeabbfbbgha iacX fcjbfhcicfg cdebjXi bcea eahkkc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,4,11,7,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 010010010 011111101010 101111111 110110 10111011001 11 111101 110111010 111011111010 11010001 01010010 101101011011 11011 11101011111 0101011010101 111011 111001 001110101 111110 101010 111101 011011 10 111011010 111010100 011011 01001010001110 1 11100111001 1111010110 1110110 111110 011101 110110010 0101 101010011 01101101 111 100011010 11101101011 110 10010111010 100110001011 01011010 111 111111111 110 0111101100 0100 11100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; and, i, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word shut at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase to connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Easier To Monitor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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