This is an analysis of the poem That's What This Process Is that begins with:

If there is anything I've ever done,
That has not been true to the gift I was given....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcdXcec dfffgfcchc X h cbiXdcajXXajegX hiX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,10,1,1,15,3,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011101 111010011110 1101000101 10101000 1111011 11111 1010 10110 111110 10001001 1110110 0101 1010001100 01010 1101110110 0001 11101010101010 0101110001110 110101 1101011 11110 1111111001 111110110011 0101110110 11110100101 011011 1 001010 101111 011001011111 11111 1001111 11111 1111111010 1 11101110111 11111010011 110 10101101010 110111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

  • summary of That's What This Process Is;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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