This is an analysis of the poem Is It that begins with:
Is it,
Too much to ask......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXbcXa AdXXd AXaaabaAead ebaaXbXXcecXAeaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,11,16,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00 1101 1101010 000101 1110001001 1001 00 010100 11011 1101 010110100 00 11011011 101001 1100001 01111 011001 101011 00 0 11011101 10110 0011000110 01101111 10100111 00110001101 10001011010 11101 1101 001111011 100111011 1111011101 1001001011 00 0 1101111 00
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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, my, you are repeated.
The author used the same word is at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Is It;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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