This is an analysis of the poem This Will Unstabilize The Very Core Of Our Foundations that begins with:

Why is having a baby today,
Out of wedlock such a bombshell? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcdXedcdaXfdgABf XaXhXXeeXe c edXdddXXfX edXXecgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,10,1,10,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001001 10111011 101101101101 10000100111001010 10110 1001101 11110110010111 0110111001 11010111 110100011111010 11010001000101 1110110 111010101001 01101010 101001001 10111011 101 1 11 101000010011 1101110010 00011 01001001001 1101011101 110111 1101111111010 10001 110 111010 1101110100 111111 0110101010 0010101 001000010101010 1110101 10101111 1110101010101 11010011001101101 1111 1101010 11010101 111 11100111 011010100010 111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, this, and, must are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words have, why, this, shield are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase that connects the lines.

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

  • summary of This Will Unstabilize The Very Core Of Our Foundations;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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