This is an analysis of the poem If Their Knees Stayed Glued that begins with:

The ones coming to face,
Insurmountable dilemmas......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbXddbdcXcbXccdcdeb XfX bae XdXX fadcXf XaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,3,3,4,6,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001 10100010 0100111001 11010 1100110101 01010101 001111 110101 10111101 01110101 11101001001 01111111001 0010000101 111010100 01111011 1100110100 1 01001 1010001010100010 0010010100010 1011101101 1011110 1001101001010 1 10100100 011 11 101110101111 1110011 11 111101101111 1111110111 101110101 101110 1000010010101 1101 1011011001 10111101 010 1111 01001110 10101010100 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, to, i, have are repeated.

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

  • summary of If Their Knees Stayed Glued;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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