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

Whether I am on your list...
Or do not make an appearance at all....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACDD A aeaf g A GA ffcc g A GA fehcea GA gA ABACDD eeaaahAcaaXcdga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,4,1,1,2,4,1,1,2,6,2,2,6,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 1111101011 11 1011101111 0101001 111010010010 1110 111 11011010011 11110001 11010001101010 1 1110 111 0110 111101111 111001111 011111 100111101 1 1110 111 0110 11101011110 10100101101 10100011111101 11001011101 11101 1110 111 0110 111 0110 1011111 1111101011 11 1011101111 0101001 111010010010 10101111010010 1101 111100101011 1 1001100010001 101111 1110 01011 11 10 001001 101010011 011 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • 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 author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word focused at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

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