This is an analysis of the poem It Can Be Predicted that begins with:

It can be predicted...
Somebody's wanna gonna moan....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXaAaAba BbBa ACAdae AAACaACcEDXAAACaACcED
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,6,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010 11010101 1101010111 1 010010 1101010110001000 010010 01001101001 01010111011 11010101 01000111101 11010101 00101101001 010010 101110001001 1010010 0010001001001 1110100101 10010100101 010010 110101111101000 010010 101110001001 1 010010 10110001001 1 1100101101 11000100100 1010010 110101111101000 010010 101110001001 1 010010 10110001001 1 1100101101 11000100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; be, to, on are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word somebody's is repeated.

    The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word happiness 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 It Can Be Predicted;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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