This is an analysis of the poem How Do You Like Me Now that begins with:
Coming from a distance,
You picked me to offend......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABbC ADdC eaXdXdXcFEbCbC ABbC ADdCXFEbCbC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,14,4,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100010 111001 1 111111 10111 0111 1 111111 1101010 01011 1111010 10101 1110111 101 0001 1111 1101110011 010010010010 1 111111 1 111111 100010 111001 1 111111 10111 0111 1 111111 1101110011 010010010010 1 111111 1 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of How Do You Like Me Now;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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