This is an analysis of the poem So What Can A Monkey Do that begins with:

It's just insidious...
Too ridiculous and hideous to me....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXX ccdXX efc ABfggaAbged dX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,3,11,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010100 10100110001 01111000 0010000100 10101 01 010001110111 101011010011 000100010 1101 0110101 11010 010100 10100110001 1101001010101 01110011001010 10001010110101 0 010100 010100110001 10011 101111001 1110101 10101011 00101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; too, what are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it's is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines do is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of So What Can A Monkey Do;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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