This is an analysis of the poem If You Must Know that begins with:
If you must know...
I'm the meadow....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: A BCAAA ACDDAAA ADXCA EfGHfciE AcXccA EfGHfJciEe CIXgIc BCAA a CDDAAA DXCA a CIgIck EfGfJEek BCAA eie AeAeXAEAEAaeAe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,7,5,8,6,10,6,4,1,6,4,1,6,8,4,3,14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111 0011 001101 001001 0111 0111 0111 00101 011111010 001 001 0111 0111 0111 001111 00110100 01111111 0111 1101 10 001011 110 10 001110 1 10111 0111 001111 0011010 0011101 110101 0111 1101 10 001011 110 10 001 110 1 10111 110111 1101 111011 0 11011 1101 1111110 0011 001101 001001 0111 10111 00101 011111010 001 001 0111 0111 001111 00110100 01111111 0111 10111 1101 111011 1101011 1101 11101110 010101 1101 10 001011 10 001 10111 1110111 11 0011 001101 001001 0111 111 111 0111 0111 11 0111 011 0111 11 0111 11 0111 101 11 0111 1
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 98
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; i'm, if, you, must, know are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i'm, if are repeated.
The author used the same words if, i'm at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines know is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words know, live at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of If You Must Know;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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