This is an analysis of the poem It's In The Message that begins with:

It's in the message that is a benefit.
It's in the message that is left that is effective, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcAdEdAFGdG ABcAdEdAFGdG hghdXaXeAdaeeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00010100100 0001010110010 0 0111010101 1 00101001101 1 010100010101 101 1111 1110001 10101 00010100100 0001010110010 0 0111010101 1 00101001101 1 010100010101 101 1111 1010001 10101 00010101 1101 000101010 0101 110 101 1 00010100100 1 00010101111100 101 0100 001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; message, that are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word take at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of It's In The Message;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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