This is an analysis of the poem That Joke To Some that begins with:
That joke told and thought funny by some...
No longer brings with it smirks....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbXcbcddaca dbdadedbXXeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111011 1101001 1011110 010000101 1110 01010101 0101101 010010 110100100 110110101 010010101 100010111 01 11010101001 111001110 11000111 11111111011 10110100011 110000010001 1010111 10011010101 101111111010010 1101011101 11111 101110010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 472
- Average number of words per stanza: 79
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; to, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words someone, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of That Joke To Some;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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