This is an analysis of the poem My Expertise Is In Politics that begins with:
There was a promise you made.
With the giving to the people, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXc dcded Xfafggd Xah ijbfij fkgkhk geaX ke ceX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,7,3,6,6,4,2,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101011 00100010 011111 11001110100 101111010011 100100 111110001101 101010101 10111 110 1111010010 110101 1111101010 1 111 101011101 1 1 111010 110100 11011001 1 0010 1101111010 10101111 110100101 110101 111011011 111010100101 1110 1101010001 101111011 11 1 011 1 10101 1111010 1011110101 010111110
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; and is repeated.
The author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of My Expertise Is In Politics;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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