This is an analysis of the poem This Action Should Strengthen Your Vision! that begins with:

Now I'm getting your attention.
As if you are allowing your ears to listen....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABCD eXee ecfccbddbbe aABcD cXdbg gXbe Xefhi ejXahjhh AABCdii idacX eeXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,11,5,5,4,5,8,7,5,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 101101011010 11010011 01111 10011000010 101010 10101111010 0101011000111 10101101010 010101100101 011111 110101011 101011001 001011 0100110001110100 1101 10111011001 11001110111 0110110 0001000101 10101010 101101011010 11010011 111 10011000010 11101 010110110101 010111100010 111010 1110101001 1 1111101101 01100101110100 101010010 11101010110111 11110001 1110011010001 110101001010100001 101001111101 1101001 1101111010 010010 101111011 1110111 1101001100010 101101011 11110101 10101010 101101011010 11010011 01111 10011000110 1 1111 1111101101 101110 010110110 01 111111100 1 110111010 11 1001011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, in, to, i, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words your, a are repeated.

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

  • summary of This Action Should Strengthen Your Vision!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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