This is an analysis of the poem This Makes No Sense that begins with:
If there are those,
Who have walked on paths alone......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXaXabaXbcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0111 1111101 111101 0110001 011010 1111101 0111101 111001100 1101 0010 00 0110011101 0111 110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 364
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.
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; have, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of This Makes No Sense;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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