This is an analysis of the poem Mixed Messages that begins with:

Do you know,
What I think I do? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABCCX AABXcb XcXDEbC AABbC AADEc AAe DEc AABCCX CXXcXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,7,5,5,3,3,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 11111 11001101010 10101001101 11110 11100 111 11111 01101110010 01110 001 011000001010 0101000101010 001110101 01111011010 1111 11101 0101010 11011 111 11111 01101110010 10101010 11011 111 11111 1111 11101 0111011111 111 11111 1110010101 1111 11101 11100101010111 111 11111 11001101010 10101001101 11110 11100 11110 11100 111001101 11101 011110 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, i'm are repeated.

    The author used the same word do at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word rest at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Mixed Messages;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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