This is an analysis of the poem Setting A Few Records Straight that begins with:
There is nothing like confronting,
An adversary who initiates conflicts......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdc ceeafggbb hihdXhi hjffij dhdXdX Xj X aXjhXb XX Xac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,7,6,6,2,1,6,2,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 110101010010 1111010 011010 0101111010 010001010 101010 111111 010110 10101 1111011 01010 10101 11000100010 010100101 0101100100 0111111 00101 111101 101001001 1100110010100 1 101010 10110111 101011000111 0100 101001001011 11111110111 111111 1001111 011 1 1111111101101 111 110011001101001 111011 1110101111010 111111110010 1 01 11100111 111001 1 1101 01000110011 10110011010 110111101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word with 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 Setting A Few Records Straight;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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