This is an analysis of the poem No Apology Do I Offer that begins with:
What on Earth,
Are you people chanting? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXX XXaX bccaXbd dX bXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,7,2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 111010 10101111 110111010 01111 1 011000 111 1010100111001 1101001011 1 101 1 1001101110 11 11 11 100111 11110101 11
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 No Apology Do I Offer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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