This is an analysis of the poem I Have An Idea that begins with:
Your campaign to ease your pain,
By the chopping off your nose......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbbcc XabXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 1010111 111 111011111 10100011 1101001001 111 11110001 0010011101010 0100001110 111010 1111110 1
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; your is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of I Have An Idea;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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