This is an analysis of the poem Knowing My Best Was Yet To Come that begins with:

The only thing that mattered to you,
Was the making of impressions....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcX XbbXX accdd eeeef XefXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111001 10100010 110010101 1010101 101100 1010001001 110110 010101 011010 10101001001 1101111 10111101 11100111001 01011000111 10111110100111 10101110 11101 01011110101 11010110101 010101010100111 111001010 011101 110111 0111110001 11010111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to, i are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Knowing My Best Was Yet To Come;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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