This is an analysis of the poem Shutdown that begins with:
To be seen validated...
Are the minds of the people, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCddBE DAAFg dXdhh hdABCdBE DAAFgXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,5,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0011000 1010010 0101 011 010 110001 1111 11011 00101 00101101 010111 0100 101010100011 0010010 01011 1001 10001001100 1101010010101 110110011 0011000 1010010 0101 011010 110001 1111 11011 00101 00101101 010111 0100 0010011 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Shutdown;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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