This is an analysis of the poem I Was Out Shopping With A Friend that begins with:

People into basking away from adulation,
And solicited flattery......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXbXXX cXcaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000100101010 10100100 110010101001010 0110001000 1101000100110 111001001100 01101100101010010100 0111010011001 11001100001 10100111 11110001 111111011010 11011010011001 110001001110100100 11101101 111011001101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 383
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; to, i are repeated.

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

  • summary of I Was Out Shopping With A Friend;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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