This is an analysis of the poem They Use To Be In The Closet that begins with:
Mommy...
What are illegal lesbians? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX baXX XbXcXdedcdX eXdecdad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,11,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10 11010100 110 1110 101001100 110 0100110 1010011 1 11010100 1 1011 111 11000010 01 11111 11101 1011100010 1110101100 1111101101 1101011010001 111010101111 1110111 111010100 111 10 111101111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 27
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of They Use To Be In The Closet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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