This is an analysis of the poem I'Ve Earned To Take My Turn that begins with:

I'd rather be a mouse with teeth.
Than to be a toothless cat......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaa XbX bcac ddd dec ebcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,3,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000101 1000101 101011 110001101 001110 0101001110 0101101 10101 111111 110110011 010110101 1111101 1110101 1110101001 011111 0010111 1101101 110111 11011111 101 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; be, i are repeated.

    The author used the same words i'd, i'm 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 I'Ve Earned To Take My Turn;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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