This is an analysis of the poem Franticness that begins with:
Wouldn't you know it?
After years of saying, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBBcX dbXX aBBefeae dXecXX Xf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,8,6,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110 100010 111010 101110 010100 1110110101 1101010 100100111 01011101001 110110 100010 111010 10101010 00100000101 1110010 1011101 1001001010 101 1100110111 101011010 1111 1101111 0111101110101 1001111011 1101000101001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 25
- 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:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i 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 Franticness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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