This is an analysis of the poem Show And Tell that begins with:
Aren't you concern at all,
About what your children carry......
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: abca adX efeaghXe fgfeX efXg ifXfefXX Xa ibX jajg XX dXhc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,8,5,4,8,2,3,4,2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 01111010 0111 111101 111 11010101 10000 1101101010101 1110010111 101010110 011 111101010 11111 10110 111110110 110111 111011011110 110100001 01110011 101001101 111001011010 1 111101110 1010110 111 100110001011101 110 1111011001010010 10101 111101011 10101011100 11101010 011 11011101 11 1110101010 1110110111 1 110101101100 1 110110 11 11 1011 1111 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; and, to are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Show And Tell;
- 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.
