This is an analysis of the poem Interselves that begins with:

There are many who are into themselves.
Or know of those who are into theirselves....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAXBcDEFF XFAGHEHIHBh XebaXjbj AAXBcDEFF XFAGHEHIHB fdfedbeffXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,11,8,9,10,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110001 1101110011 100 11 01 111 101100011 1010011010 10100001010 00101010010100 0010101011010 1101101010100110 1011000010 100101111 10010101101 011 011 00101 10111 1111110 01100010 110111 11101011 111110101 11 1111010101111 111111100 111 1110110001 1101110011 100 11 01 111 101100011 1010011010 10100001010 00101010010100 0010101011010 1101101010100110 1011000010 100101111 10010101101 011 011 00101 10111 111101001010 10111011101001 11001 1101 00111111001 00111111001 10110100011001 111101 0100111011101 111010110101000 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, only, to, is are repeated.

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

  • summary of Interselves;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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