This is an analysis of the poem Less Involved In It that begins with:
If you lived your life right,
Doing something on a daily basis......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab caa adedXd adfb Xceaf Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,6,4,5,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011111 1010101010 110111 110011100101 111111010 0011111 010100111 011111 110101 001110 010100101 101010 111001 10101111 11101100 010011 0111111 1110110 00010101 101010 1111101 01010 01111111 1110100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; you, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word would is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Less Involved In It;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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