This is an analysis of the poem Stroking Their Egos that begins with:
What are they doing over there?
'Stroking their egos.'...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X XXXX XXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 10110 111001010 101001 1101 1100100 100 10101001 1010010 1 1010011011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Stroking Their Egos;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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