This is an analysis of the poem Historically You Know This that begins with:

Tactics used,
To maneuver your way into portraying yourself......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbcde FCg AAEDH Xgeibf FCXXXAAEDHiaeAda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,5,6,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 0010110001010 1010101101011 101001001001 10101001001001 101001010 1101110101010 111 101101010 101101101 1110 10111010 101000110 1101101 11101010 11100110000100 001010 010101001111 00101001011101 01010110100 1101110101010 111 111011100 1011010 101101101 1110 10111010 101000110 1101101 111011 0101101001101 1101 101 11111010 0001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, i, no are repeated.

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

  • summary of Historically You Know This;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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