This is an analysis of the poem Let's Go Back To Uranus that begins with:

If my point of view offends you...
Where on Earth do you think, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCdE edfXgecheh AaBCdEiXX i iXfgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,10,9,1,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101011 111111 0110111100 10 10010011 101010101 0010001010 100111001010001 111 11 11110100010 111000011101000 001011101 10111010 101110111 01101011 11001100110101 111111 0110111100 10 10010011 00110 1110010100100 1101 1110100 01110011010 0101101111 11010111 00111010010101 01101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mars is repeated).

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

  • summary of Let's Go Back To Uranus;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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