This is an analysis of the poem Listen To Yourself that begins with:
It is all in the open now!
And I hope you are not feeling, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXX XbXXa XXcbcc cX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,6,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00100101 11111110 10100 10010 111100101 1110101101 10101 1001001 11111111001 0110111101110 11 101111101 10101111101 0101 110101 11111110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you are repeated.
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- summary of Listen To Yourself;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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