This is an analysis of the poem See It As It Is that begins with:
It becomes a foolish proposition,
To debate those pre-conditioned......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCA ddXb EA EA EA EFAa ABCA EA EA EA EFAa EFAaXEFAa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,2,2,2,4,4,2,2,2,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010101010 00111010 1010100 10011101010 00111 000101101 01111 0110101 10100 110101001 10100 101010011 10100 110101001 10100 11101110 11 1 0010101010 00111010 1010100 10011101010 10100 110101001 10100 101010011 10100 110101001 10100 11101110 11 1 10100 11101110 11 1 10100 11101110 11 1
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 78
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; it is repeated.
The author used the same word see 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 See It As It Is;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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