This is an analysis of the poem Someone Unknown that begins with:

Only fools will allow,
Malicious gossip to overhear....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd efg ehcdiebgjddkgh lifdjekgX g X gaXaafm X dih fXXXefblmi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,14,9,1,1,7,1,3,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001 010100101 110010 0101 1011111 0010101 1001000 1100110 001000101 0101110 10100100 11101 101100100 11101 010101 100 100010 01010 01010 001101 11 101 1110111 1 111110 100 0 011010 010101 1111100 11 1111 111111 11110 1 1110101 1011 10010 11111 11110111 11111 010111 1010 10101 110001 101 0111 0011101 010111 011 110111 010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word only at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

  • summary of Someone Unknown;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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