This is an analysis of the poem I Drove that begins with:

No back seat rider.
Cruising to view a life......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdEffgdfdhXhbeIebdgdXddccdeaEgjIXcj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 37,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 100101 10101 01101 11 10 10101100 11011010 11111 11101 11011101 111001110101 1111 111101 011100111 0101 111100001 01 11011 011110 11111 11001111 1101 11111 011100101 11101111010 110100101111 11111 101111101 110011101110 11 01111101 1101110101 111100001 111 011 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 999
  • Average number of words per stanza: 188
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

  • summary of I Drove;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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