This is an analysis of the poem Sarcastic Wit that begins with:
I once convinced myself,
I could curb my sarcastic wit....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: Xabbcabb bdc effgafXh chgfXecX XacfXdfd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,3,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 11110101 1110110 1101010110 100010011 01111 101011 01010111 10011111 11010110010 011 11011001 1111101111011 11110100111 1 01000110 111110111 1110100100101 10010 11011110 00101100010 1011001000100 101001111 01010100010 1001101 111100101 1101011011 11111 0111001 10111001010 1111001 0101111 0100101010 1 11110000010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; i, my, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Sarcastic Wit;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
