This is an analysis of the poem Listening To Those Critics that begins with:
I don't know who it is,
With a wish to sit on a pedestal....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: ABCDECFGF fgffggcdh IGHGX hgfh IGHGX XhXABCDECFGF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,5,4,5,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111100 0010110100 11111 100101010100 010010100 1100100011001 100111 0010011100 001001001010 101111010001 10101101010 010111001 1101001 11111001001 0010001001 11110010101 101001010100 1110101010 1111111 110111001 11011010 00101011110 10011011 111 100101010100 110101 0100100111101 1111111 110111001 11011010 00101011110 10011011 10 1101011110010 111100 0010110100 11111 100101010100 010010100 1100100011001 100111 0010011100 001001001010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Listening To Those Critics;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Attempting To Do It Respectfully
- Analysis of Introducing Of Facts
- Analysis of Spellbound And Tantalized
