This is an analysis of the poem It Is About The Entire Performance that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcXXdec Xb fgahighaaggad XXdaaifXefa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,2,13,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010010 1 1000100 101 010001101 00101 11101 100010100011 01 1 10010110010011 110 010010101 1111001010 111111 001010001 1010101 0001010110110 1 110101 1110101010 0101 11100001 111101 101 00101001010 11101 0010101011001 0001001001010010 1 1101010 10110 110 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; it is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, it are repeated.

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

  • summary of It Is About The Entire Performance;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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