This is an analysis of the poem Shoestring that begins with:
Everybody's pawning all their bling things.
Trying to live today on just a shoestring....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBCA DXDXDXDX DXDXDXDX XXXX XXXXX DXDXDXDX DXDXDXDX ABBCA b DXDXDXDX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,8,4,5,8,8,5,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101111 10010111011 1001101110 10101 0101011 11 101010 11 10110 11 101010 11 1011 11 101010 11 10110 11 101010 11 1011 101110 0110 01010 111110 111111 11010 10101 111 1100 11 101010 11 10110 11 101010 11 1011 11 101010 11 10110 11 101010 11 1011 1010101111 10010111011 1001101110 10101 0101011 110010111011 11 101010 11 10110 11 101010 11 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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; ooopah, ooo, and are repeated.
The author used the same word ooo at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ooo at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ooo connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Shoestring;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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