This is an analysis of the poem Rubbing Off What's Been Dusted that begins with:

Rubbing off what's been dusted.
To pick up again to shine and buff....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abbcaadeafc dceccddaXcf AXXc AXXceccaafX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,4,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 011010111 001010101 1110011 001001011 10101 01001010 1010100 01111 10010 01101010 1110010 0101001 11000101 101101 10101 110010 0111010 1 11001 10100010 011010100 1011010 1010100 0101001 1001101 1011010 00110110 1010100 0101001 101010 00011 101010 0100010010 11011010 101001 00101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • 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 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 author used the same word rubbing 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 Rubbing Off What's Been Dusted;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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