This is an analysis of the poem It Will Still Make Sense that begins with:

You can read it as it is,
For the rest of your life! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcDEEDC DDACDca ABcDEEDC aXe caBeXbbdeX DEec DDACDaXDEce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,8,3,10,4,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100 101011 1 00111 000100101 1101 0010010 111010 10101001100 101100 001101 10001 010010001 001001010 1011 1110100 101011 1 00111 000100101 1101 0010010 111010 0011110100 0101001 1010011 101 10100 101011 101 10101 101011 110101 000101111 011100101 11011101 00111 000100101 11001 001010010 10101001100 101100 001101 10001 010010001 00100101 00111 000100101 11101 1010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • 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, and, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of It Will Still Make Sense;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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