This is an analysis of the poem Smile Like The Others that begins with:
What IS going on?
Has everyone become insane? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa XabcbdbaefXcFGX ebXc bGadcFddX ef XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,15,4,9,2,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 11010101 1 1111 101 111101 00101001110 101101101 11101 01101001 111111 000110110100 101 010111001 11100000100 11010110 111001100 1101 1010011001 0010110 110010001 111 11010110 111001100 101 111001 11100000100 11001010011 11010010 111011101010010 01 0100 1 1110100111000 0110101001011011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Smile Like The Others;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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