This is an analysis of the poem This Should Come To No Surprise that begins with:
It should come to no one's surprise,
That anyone who has lived a life......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXXbcdb AcacdaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 01101101 110011101 101011010010 1010101 1001010010100 0010100010100 0100001001010111 01101101 110011111001 010001101110 1010000100100 110010110110 10110101 01110110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
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.
The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of This Should Come To No Surprise;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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