This is an analysis of the poem The Ones Who Now Look Back that begins with:
For most of their lives,
They did exactly what they wanted....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcd ebc cf fcaab eafag hhdX gbdhdXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,2,5,5,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011 100101110 1101 001001 01010011101 11010 0101000101 11101101 11101101 101001101 1011111 1001110101 01010111 111011 01101110 11111101010 110101111010 1011011 0010110 10111111 101 11111 011111000101 010101110111 010110 11100101 11110101110101 101010101111 011100101 1111001010 1111001011011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Ones Who Now Look Back;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
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