This is an analysis of the poem Regardless Of My Needs that begins with:

Babysitting emotions,
Of those of aging rusty butts......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcbcdecXaXbbdfedfABfadeaaXXedebdaegadededgegdfhABh dXbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 51,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010 01010101 1111011011 111101 010111 111111 0010111101 111110111 110101010101 11001010101010 110111100010 110101 01010111 0110110111 1011010100101 01110 11111 01101 1010010 01010101 101 1011011100 1101 11101101 11001001110 1111101 1011011011 101 1101 1010100001 10101 010011 111101 11011100 011010 110111011101 010011 1011 111101 1011101101 00101 101010111 110101 11111010001 11 111 11010000 11001001 1010010 01010101 101 1000 0101110100100 0111010101 111011001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 831
  • Average number of words per stanza: 151
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

    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; i, to, my are repeated.

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

  • summary of Regardless Of My Needs;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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