This is an analysis of the poem Kept Too Busy that begins with:

She seeks to be validated.
And......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaAaBAaBAA CcDD BAAXAaAaCcDDDD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001000 1 11001000 1 10110100011 11001000 1 10110100011 11001000 11001000 11101011011 01 11110010 11110010 10110100011 11001000 11001000 11001000 1 11001000 1 11101011011 01 11110010 11110010 11110010 11110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • 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; to, be, validated are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words all, they're are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines validated, it are repeated).

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

  • summary of Kept Too Busy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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