This is an analysis of the poem Grown Folks that begins with:
Too foolish I think I would be,
To keep remembered youthful events......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaXaaXbbbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011110 010101001 111101001111 0100101101010 110010010010 101010100 1010101100110 100100101010 00101101001 101010101001 01011001010001 100100011101001 111010101000010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 578
- Average number of words per stanza: 97
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 Grown Folks;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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