This is an analysis of the poem Portraying Themselves As Friends that begins with:
I don't care who told it...
When it was told to who and why....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcacda aefaXgb XeXdhgdghfd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110 10110111 1011111 1111010100 00100101111 110101010 11011100 1110111101001 011 11 111 1111111 10111010100 0111101001 111110100 111011 1010 1101001010111 110101 1010101010101011 1101001 1100100111 10101001 0110 1011010000101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 273
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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.
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, it, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when 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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Portraying Themselves As Friends;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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