This is an analysis of the poem It's A Cartoon that begins with:

He revealed a cartoon of his birth.
Meant at a conference to be a joke....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcde XXfgXcgdd XbFX ggggXe XaFeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,4,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001001 1101000001 1110101010 0011110101 11111 100100101 110 100110101 001111 11010010100 0010110 111 101 001 1101010 10 1000 0001 01010 1 111 11001101 10110010 10111010 0110011100 10 0001 0001 00100010110 1100111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.

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

  • summary of It's A Cartoon;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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