This is an analysis of the poem Standing On The Other Side that begins with:
Whatever it was you thought you had time to do.
And with a familiar procrastination......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aba cdbXcc XXb baccXcc eccfXbXefb Xd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,3,7,10,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110011111101 10001001010 1111101 1 0010101 01010101 1111010 011101 1101101 1 011100 1111 111111 111 01 1010101011001 10110 110100111010 110101 1110 1010101 1101 1101 10101111 10 111011 01111 11001 10011111 111101 10101101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; you, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words standing, what are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Standing On The Other Side;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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