This is an analysis of the poem Pay Up that begins with:
So pathetically crazed.
From day to day they contradict their ways....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AB caXdae AXbcXa edabd ABdXbeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,6,5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1010001 0101110111 11110 111111001 1100101010001 010001010100 0110010011100 1010111 1010001 10101001010 01011011 1111011100 0100111 001110011101 11011100 1111110101001 1101010 0011 110010101010 1010001 0101110111 111110 110110100111 101011010001010 1100101101 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; to is repeated.
The author used the same word so 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 Pay Up;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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