This is an analysis of the poem The Process that begins with:

Leave them alone!
You pose a threat, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXccX XXabdcXb XXX baedcf XcceFDXFD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,3,6,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001 1101 0111 1 111 111 11110011 1 100 11111001 1110100 11 100100111 0010 110100 101011 010 101010 1101110 11111001 11001 100101001 110101110 1 1110010100 01111111110 001 111010010 11 111111001 111001011001001 11 111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; process, it are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of The Process;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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