This is an analysis of the poem Keep Your Opinions Valued that begins with:
Keep your opinions valued.
Aren't they 'yours' to make? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCCACD edaefXX ABCCACD aXefebb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010 101101 1011001 11010111 0110001001 1101110101 1001101 1010101 111110 101010 10 01111001 110111110101 111110111101000 1101010 101101 1011001 11010111 0110001001 1101110101 1001101 1 1011110101 1011100101 0101011010 010110111 1101001110101 101010101111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word aren't is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Keep Your Opinions Valued;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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