This is an analysis of the poem Knowing This Admission that begins with:
I alone had to face my dysfunctions.
And to see them for what they were....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCAD aeXffc GH ABCAD afhhh Adcf GH fdfdXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,2,5,5,4,2,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011011010 10101110 11110011011 010101000 011110111 1010011010 001000010 101101 110010010 1101001 11 11111111 011110101 1011011010 10101110 11110011011 010101000 011110111 1110100100 101110001 1111010111001 001001 11100101 1011011010 00010110001 10110111 0100100 11111111 011110101 10 1010100 1011001 1010000101 11101011101 0100111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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, my, i are repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 This Admission;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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