This is an analysis of the poem No Matter How You Weep It that begins with:

Gimme, gimme, gimme...
No more hunches to hunt! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcADeec cAXcAccXXc AFGFEHb B ABcADggBe AFGFEHb B eHbXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,7,1,9,7,1,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 111001 1 101010 11011 010101 10111 01 1 101010 11110 1 101010 111001 011101 11101 11 1000001 101010 111001 11101 0111001 110111 110101 01 1101110 101010 111001 1 101010 11011 11101 110111 1101110 0011101 101010 111001 11101 0111001 110111 110101 01 1101110 10111 110101 01 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; gimme is repeated.

    The author used the same word gimme 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 No Matter How You Weep It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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