This is an analysis of the poem Manipulating From Behind Smoked Screens that begins with:
Did they not,
Choose to make their own beds? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABACABBDE AXAcAFCB ABACABBDE AFCB DABBXDABB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,9,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011 101111 011 1010111 011 11101 00101010 111110 1010101 011 01001010 011 1010101 011 11010001010 10101111 01011100 011 101111 011 1010111 011 11101 00101010 111110 1010101 011 11010001010 10101111 01011100 111001 101111010 110 10101000111 111001 101111010 110 10101000111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Manipulating From Behind Smoked Screens;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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