This is an analysis of the poem It's All A Poetry In Motion that begins with:

Who is that complaining 'bout what is right?
And......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbCDEEfb AbCeXd DEEfe DDdeDe DEEdfbXD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,5,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101101 1 101101010101 01010001000100111 0010 110001 01111 110111 1010101101 1 101101010101 11110 110101 0010001 01010001000100111 0010 110001 010111 110111 01010001000100111 011 11011 11 011 110110 01010001000100111 0010 110001 01 111 0010111 01010001000100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; who, in, live, to, let are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words who, it's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines live is repeated).

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

  • summary of It's All A Poetry In Motion;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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