This is an analysis of the poem Specific By Design that begins with:
Lazy adults raised by irresponsible children,
Choosing to do what they please......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXX XcXcd BEA BEA AD BEA AD BEA XDeab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,3,3,2,3,2,3,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1010110010010 1001111 0010001001011 11010111101011 1011010101100110 1000100010001010 1001011101110100 1110010001 01010001001110 101000110001100001 1111101010 01100101001 010101 1101010 01100101001 010101 1010010100 011100001 1101010 01100101001 010101 1010010100 011100001 1111101010 01100101001 010101 1010011 011100001 11100100101000 10100010001 10101011
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; of, to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word design at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Specific By Design;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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