This is an analysis of the poem Explicit Expletives that begins with:

It's...
Never ever going to get fixed....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCDDA aedbfbaa BaBGaGhaaa afbaedbaaahXaabaBCDDAXbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,10,25,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0 101010011 01010111 1101010 10100010 10100 0 10010110010 11010110 1010000101001 0010101 011101 11100110011 1010101011 111000 01010010101 111000 110001 011110110101 110001 0111110 01001101 01100010 110101001001010 0 010101 01111000101 0 10101010 1011101000100010 000010100 1110101000101 1110101110 1101010001 011011010001 110 1101 11011011 101011101 0 101010011 01010111 1101010 10100010 10100 0 11101 1010101 01100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 373
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; it, of, to are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Explicit Expletives;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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