This is an analysis of the poem So I Take It Your Answer Is...No! that begins with:

What are you peeking at?
'It's the neighbors across the street....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aXbX caa deX ed XaX cd dfbXX bXbXbf X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,3,3,2,3,2,5,6,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 10100101 1101 11010110010 101111100 1 1101 011 1001100 1010100010 00111 0010 11 1 11011 111111001100 1 1100010 111 11100101 011001001 110 10110111 011010 111 1001111 101101 010110 0100011 1110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 73
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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:

    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 So I Take It Your Answer Is...No!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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