This is an analysis of the poem Re-Booting that begins with:

Where have you been?
'Re-booting.'...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X Xb XcdeXcaaebdXX b dffdfXX cbd caX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,2,13,1,7,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 110 1 1 110 11111110 001011101 1101001111 1 110111 110111 011010101111 110111 1110010010 0101001100 01000101011010 11000110100 1111001011 1101010 11011111010 0101010110110 111011011010 01010111101110001 11 111011010010 1 10111 11110 11000101 101101110110 1101110010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; to is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase space connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Re-Booting;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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