This is an analysis of the poem Statistics To Keep that begins with:

Statistics to keep,
Are no more reliable to collect......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbebfXg dfhdbh fiijXhjb ihdhdbacXj jX XX jX iX jbX j egX b XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,8,10,2,2,2,2,3,1,3,1,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001 1110100001 101010 11010 110011 101011 1000101 0010101 01110010 101100001 110 11101 11010011 10010 1011111 10101000101 110110001 10110101 001000101101 101010101 110001001 1111011 1010101 11101010010 1 1001001010 1111010 101101 101010 001111 1101001 1001010 01101000010 001001101 10101 11100101011 00111 1110101101 1001 010101001 0110 101001001 111 1111011 11 1 11010 01 1110010100 01 1111101 110010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; to is repeated.

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

  • summary of Statistics To Keep;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar