This is an analysis of the poem Outside Of Those Kept Standards that begins with:

People are looking with their noses turned up,
Outside of those kept standards they value......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXab ccXca ddXcac abXabX abXcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10110011011 1101110110 101010100101 101010 0001000100101 1 1011001 1010001000100 1100101101001 0001010111100 11 010011010101 11100000101 00111100010101 0010110101110100 010001 1010100 10100101100110010101 10101000110100 110110110 001101101010001 11110111111 010000 110101101 1111001111001 0100101100101110100 01101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; to, them, of, us, not are repeated.

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

  • summary of Outside Of Those Kept Standards;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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