This is an analysis of the poem No More Fairytales Told To Tell that begins with:

Lights out, children.
No more fairytales told to tell....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXBA X c XcddXXXcX aXBA X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,1,9,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 11101101 111111 111011 110101 111101011 1111010 1 1111010 010111101 10110101001 1110111 101101 101011101 11100111001 1011111111 0111101101 10101 111011 110101 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, it, you are repeated.

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

  • summary of No More Fairytales Told To Tell;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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