This is an analysis of the poem How Are You Handling This? that begins with:
Thank You,
My Father....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBcXdcXd acceceee cBaXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 110 101011101 11111 001001010 011111 1001100 1001010 11 1101101 100000100 111101 01111001 1111000 1 111111011 011100 110 111 111 1111010110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
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- summary of How Are You Handling This?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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- Analysis of What Part Of Reality Refused
