This is an analysis of the poem Familiar Scenarios that begins with:

Too many have approved,
The doing of their snooping......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcadbedfXbX dafX bebXgcbfXgcfaae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,4,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 0100110 0011010 001010010 101001 010010 011110 001001 1101001 10101010 10011010101 01011011 1000101110100 11 1110111 10101010 01100 1100110010 001001 010111 1111111 1 011001010 10111010111 11 111100010001 00100100110010 01101010110 110010 0110010101010 1011 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 is repeated.

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

  • summary of Familiar Scenarios;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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