This is an analysis of the poem Leaving Stains that begins with:
Take your feet off the desks.
All of you are here and expected to listen....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABA bbcde fgaXchcX XXXehc hbhX Xgaa X edXfXABA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,8,6,4,4,1,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 101111010010 11110001010 110010001 1010001 1010110110 1 00101 1101010 11010100 10101101001 101010010 100111010110 1011001000100 101 100101110010 1 10101111 110010 011100101010 111100011110 010101110 11010001111 01010010101101 01001111 101010110111 10 11001 010111001001001 10010011 11100001010101 1 100100001010 110100010 110110 111101 101111010010 11110001010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Leaving Stains;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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