This is an analysis of the poem It Can Happen that begins with:
Now that it has been approved...
You have been declared the keeper, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcddcca EFE ghhhh EFE ecicjgdid EFE faXkgXdg EFE eXkeXiadjf EFE fbf EFE kEFEifXEdef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,3,5,3,9,3,8,3,10,3,3,3,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101001 11001010 0100101001 11111 1010011010 0110111 0001011 11101101 01100110 0110100 0110 1100111 1100101 0101100101 110110101 1101111 01100110 0110100 0110 010111 1100111111 1111001 0101101 111100 1101 1111 1011111001 001010111 01100110 0110100 0110 100101111 1100001 0101110 111001 00100101 10101110100 11101 0101 01100110 0110100 0110 111110011 111011 1110101 111101001 011101110 11111001 101101001 11110010 0010101010 10101 01100110 0110100 0110 1001110001 111010 01111 01100110 0110100 0110 1110101010 01100110 0110100 0110 101 01101 0110 0010 0110 10
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 71
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; you, it, have, i, if are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of It Can Happen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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