This is an analysis of the poem Only Those Who Snoop Know that begins with:

Monitoring the activities of others,
By those who do this......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: abcXa dca XXabd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100000100010 11110 111 011101010 110111001 11 0011100010 010101011 1101 010111 110111010 01010010 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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

  • summary of Only Those Who Snoop Know;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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