This is an analysis of the poem From Their Backdoors that begins with:

They've backed themselves into a corner.
Now they wish to have someone comissioned......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXa bacd XdXXe bedXdcXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100010 11101111000 0110001010 01010010001 101 001010101 0101010 11101 100111 1110101 10110 010111 01111001 011 100101 010010101 1001010101 111100 110101 110 101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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

  • summary of From Their Backdoors;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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