This is an analysis of the poem Speaking One's Mind that begins with:
Speaking one's mind,
Has a way of offending those who declare......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcde cadfc dafgggX edbchad ihiX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,7,7,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011 10100101101 101011 11010 01010 101010101001 010100010 101010100001 1010111010010 01010100 11101001010011 011111110011 1010 11111010 011 10011100111101 0011011101 11011 011110101 0111111 111 11011010 00010 11010 1101001 110 1101110011 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Speaking One's Mind;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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