This is an analysis of the poem Mystifying It Can Be that begins with:

Mystisfying it can be.
And it is! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBcDebCDXf ABBBGHCIai ABfjbeJbje ABXfbfJiei ABBBGHCIkEkEkeke
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010 100 01 0101101 01 0111010 101 0101101 10101 110110 1010010 100 11 11 0111010 110001 101 010111 1011101 1011 1010010 100 1101 1111 11110101 010001 101 0100110 0101011 001001 1010010 100 1101010 0101 0101010 01001 101 01001 111011 101001 1010010 100 11 11 0111010 110001 101 010111 1101010 10101011 11010 10101011 11010 010111011 11110 11111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; it, love, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word mystifying 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 Mystifying It Can Be;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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