This is an analysis of the poem If You Did Not Know! that begins with:
If you sit and listen,
To those deranged....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXcXb cbAD bddX bdXbD X db X cc eeec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,5,1,2,1,2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011110 0101 1010010 1110001111 11110010 0101111101 0100100111 110101101 011110 01011 01100100 0011010101 1110111 0100 010010110 1010101 01111000 1 01011 1011011 1 1101101001010 10110001 11 0110111 01001010 11010 1010 10
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; if, you, people are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words if, a are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines people is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of If You Did Not Know!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of You Became Those 'Things'
- Analysis of You Can Not Call These Folks Mentally Sick
- Analysis of Hollow Rituals
