This is an analysis of the poem It Had Flat Tires that begins with:

A mindbinding that begins,
With an awakening from a dream that ends......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcdb deXe XXdcXXa XdXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,7,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101 01010000111 11110110 100 001011 110101101 1101000 0101111101 110011 1001011101 1011011101 101101001 010001100 101110 0111 0100101 00100111110 111111 1111111 011101 1 1111101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; that, you, i are repeated.

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

  • summary of It Had Flat Tires;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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