This is an analysis of the poem Making Cars that begins with:
They've bailed the automakers out...
But there's no one about, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAB AABcB DEADEE AAB AABcB DEADEE FEfEFXdEADEE FEfEFEfGFb XX AABXAABcBGEfGEFGEfG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,6,3,5,6,12,10,2,19,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 111101 01 11000111 111101 01 1 01001 11 110111 1101010 11 111101 1110111011 11010101 111101 01 11000111 111101 01 1 01001 11 110111 1101010 11 111101 1110111011 11 110111011 1 110111011 11 1101110 11 110111 1101010 11 111101 1110111011 11 110111011 1 110111011 11 110111011 1 1101101111 11 110100101 11111100101 110111111 11010101 111101 01 11000111 111101 01 1 01001 1101 11011 1 1101 11011 11 1101 11011 1 1101101111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; why, to are repeated.
The author used the same words they've, oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word keep at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase why connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Making Cars;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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