This is an analysis of the poem How Are You Still Left To Wonder? that begins with:

How are you still left to wonder,
Why someone full of life and excitement......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXcd AXbeX AfccX AfbbdXAedAc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 1111011010 11001001000010 110100100101 1010001001 11111010 110100010001 0011001010111 1010101 100100111 11111010 11110111 1000101010 1100101010 111010101100000 11111010 1101011100100 1101110100111 11010100010 011101 11111010 10010001010 00101110101 11111010 111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of How Are You Still Left To Wonder?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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