This is an analysis of the poem Portfolio that begins with:
Look...
I could care less, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccddccecX fghdgici bbibcXdb jaicec beeehee kebjkcXe bdfXXgjj Xdbdeee XgbXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,8,8,6,7,8,8,7,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1111 011101 0101 10100100 0101010 101101 11 101011 11101001 0111 111100100 01101 11010 1011 1101111101 01010101 11110011 1100101001 11111100 1110101 01001010101101 11110001 11110100011 101100111010 10011101010 01001100 01101001101 101111111111 01 011 10001 01110010101 11101010010 1110111010 1101100101 10111101101 01011110 1011101 110000101 111001 010011001 1111101001 0111111111 111111 111 1111 01111101 1101101 110111010 1101111000 11011010 110111011101 10101100101111 111 011001111011 1110101001010101 1111101001110 1100100101 1111011101 1111010001 101110111 111010101111 11111101 1110111 1010111110110 1111101 011001011
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not, to, you, i, on, your, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase not connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Portfolio;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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