This is an analysis of the poem If Any Sense Is Attempted To Be Made that begins with:

It makes little sense,
If any sense is attempted to be made......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXXXbXcc X dddeea X aEBED FGX aEBEDdfX FGX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,1,6,1,5,3,8,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01101 01010010001 01101010010 11010010101111 01101010100 1101010010 001010101010110 10010101010110 0011101101 101 111010101 10110101010100 00101010111 01000110101001 0110001 1101000010110010 0101011111 1110111010 1 110101001 11011101010 10101001001010100 01101100110100100 110101 11 11111 1 110101001 11011101010 10101001001010100 01101100110100100 111110 101010101011 1011110 110101 11 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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, be are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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

  • summary of If Any Sense Is Attempted To Be Made;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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