This is an analysis of the poem The State Of Your Present Clarity that begins with:
To make excuses at my expense,
With claims made later......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXcbcXXc cXbdXXdaaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101101 01110 111100101011 10100101111 1 001001110010 1110101 1100000100110 0011100101101 01101111010 1110110010 101010101100 110 01111001100001 10101011010001 1110110011 111 1101011101 110100100 101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 356
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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 is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The State Of Your Present Clarity;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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