This is an analysis of the poem One Man's Foot Stool Is Another Man's Ladder that begins with:
Have you ever stopped to take stock,
By inventoring those who remain as adversaries? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcc cacXXc cca ddXXbX XcXb aXecec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,3,6,4,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101011 11000110111010 1111101100110 1100010101 10010101111101 11 101011010 11001111 01001001010010 11110010011 1010010100 0101110101 101000 1010101 11 10010 1101011010 111110 1 111100101101 1 1 1 101 101010111 100101010 01101101 00101101 111 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
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 One Man's Foot Stool Is Another Man's Ladder;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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