This is an analysis of the poem That Childlike Clubhouse Mentality that begins with:

Let me set the record straight,
Before some other novice initiates......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBX cacX dddc eXeX XXcX ABBX XffX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011 01110100100 01010100 110110100 111101111 111011101 0110111111 1101011101010 1111101100 11001100 00101010 11011001 1010101 111110100 1010111 010100010100000 111111010101 100011101000 1111 01010101 1110011 01110100100 01010100 110110100 11 1 110010111 1011101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of is repeated.

    The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines challenges is repeated).

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

  • summary of That Childlike Clubhouse Mentality;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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