This is an analysis of the poem Novocaine Free that begins with:

What world have they been living in?
Not to notice the vanishing, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXcdefgfeg bhachhh hafgXdaedbXe XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,7,12,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110100 10100100 0110001100100 01101011111 110 10111001 10100001 1010101 10100010 101101 110101 1100110101 11001101010 1001101110100 1001100100101010 10101010 101010010 1111101 101111001 11110110 00110011 11110000100 1000100 001001100 1001 011000101 010100111101 110101 10010110100 0110100010 01010100 111 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; not, they, suddenly are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word suddenly is repeated.

    The author used the same word and 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 Novocaine Free;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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