This is an analysis of the poem Grinding Slowly that begins with:
I will never understand...
A mind closed off, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDC cefdfa CEGHAE CIJDK aaaa CEGHAE ABCDC CEGHAE CIJDK CEGHAE gX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,5,4,6,5,6,5,6,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 0111 1010100 1101 1110100 1010100 1001111 00101101 0110101 11011 101011 11101001110 110010011001 110111010010 11111000100 11011101 110001 111101010 0011101 11100111 00100 0010010110101 1110111101 1100111001 100100110111 1011100101011 11101001110 110010011001 110111010010 11111000100 11011101 110001 1010101 0111 1010100 1101 1110100 11101001110 110010011001 110111010010 11111000100 11011101 110001 111101010 0011101 11100111 00100 0010010110101 11101001110 110010011001 110111010010 11111000100 11011101 110001 1010 10
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; way, i, see, that, on are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word fall at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Grinding Slowly;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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