This is an analysis of the poem Rocking In Their Chairs that begins with:
What is clear,
That many young people should understand......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaabcc XXXbdbbedeb XacaXfXadfda
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,11,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 1101101101 001000101 111100110 110011011 0111111 1101001 011111001 0011101001 1111010 11010001011 01010010010 110110 11111101 001101 101010111 010100010 11 1101111 0111 10101 10101010 00101101 10100110111000 1001 101010010 1000010010010 101010110 011011110100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 321
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Rocking In Their Chairs;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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