This is an analysis of the poem For No Apparent Reason that begins with:
Those gifted with selected memories,
Never seem to admit......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcdabda XecXecdfb bcfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100010100 101001 1101010011 111010010001 01111001010 11010001001 1101010 1100111 010101010100 1011 001100101 101001100 110 101110001000 1111010 101110100 100 011010100101010 10101110011 1110111000100 00100101010100100 100101001001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- 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; they is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word there is repeated.
The author used the same word and 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 For No Apparent Reason;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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