This is an analysis of the poem Run To The Mirror that begins with:
Are you like the other ones,
Who love to complain......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdbeaF XcaXaggF gXheaXbF dXXhbiidiiXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 11001 011101 0111111 1011 010010 0111101 10010 1110111 10101 001010100010 010001 1100101101 110100101 0111101000100 10010 00101111 101000011111 100100010 11011101111 101001011111 11110011 0010010111001 10010 10010111 11111110100 0010110101 1001101111001 01001011100111 00101101 1110010101000 1011110110101 0110010001011 1101 111101001 011001001101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 327
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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, you are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word mirror at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Run To The Mirror;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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