This is an analysis of the poem Pour As Much Of It As You Want that begins with:

Who you knew and what you knew,
About who and why back in the day....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefcXfaag hij kXbb bXc hbaihhXXcgXddjeh dajX kahXXh XX ehhkjbhebajXbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,3,4,3,16,4,6,2,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 011111001 110011 1 0101101 101011011 1101111 1101011100 10001101111 11 1101 1110 1011 101011101 11111 10111111 111 1101101 0000101 111011 11001 0110100 1 1011111 1 111010110101 100 111001101 1101110 101010 11100010100 1 11101110 111101111 111 11111011 011010 111 1 1110111001 111101001 101100 0111111011101 1101011 1 1101110101001 110111101001 11111 1 11111 1110 1101111101010 111011 01 1101101 1111011011 111011100111 110 111100101 01100011 1111 10011 110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

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

  • summary of Pour As Much Of It As You Want;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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