This is an analysis of the poem Leftovers that begins with:
Save your leftovers,
And don't you think about it. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbCc XabCc aXcDdE BbBab fABDB fABGB fCDdE fCDdE fABGBXfABDB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,5,5,5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 1111010 100101 101 01 1 1110 110101 101 01 101100110 0101 10110000101 11111001 1 01010010 1111101 0111011111 01010101 11010 1111 10 1100110 1111101 011101 1111 10 1100110 01010101 1111 1111 10 110000101 11111001 1 01010010 10 110000101 11111001 1 01010010 10 1100110 01010101 1111 1111 10 1100110 1111101 011101 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 Leftovers;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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