This is an analysis of the poem Opening Joke that begins with:
If I wanted to please everyone...
I'd tell them how fantastic and beautiful they are....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabaX XXXccbaX deeX de XXXdeeeX XXXeXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,4,2,8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011001101 1101010110011 11 1110101 01001010 11 10101 11110010 1101100 101001011 111111101010 10101 1101010100 1101111100 001010011100 010000101 0011101010 1011100 010101001000011 1101010101 101111101010100 01110000 110 1101011001011010 11100011 01000110001101 0100100101 1 01001000 101011001100 101101 0100110010 01010110101111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Opening Joke;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
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