This is an analysis of the poem Through All The Stuff that begins with:

Don't be the one to soften.
Keep toughened up, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXBcaabdefghig Xjcklcckachghf lceeccidmjieh BbknnkjmchcXkfc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,13,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010 1101 1101 1010101 1010101 0011010100 1010101 10100010 11111011 10100 110 010010101 110101000100 1100101010 01011 0101001010 11101011 11001101 1100100 0101001 11001001001 010101010 0101001 11010 101011010 1001110 01001011 1010100111 1111 0110101 1101 10111 1101111 0111011 011000 111010110 010001 011110 10100 11010 011010101 1101 1010001 1110110 00101101 010101111 01 001011010 11101 1010 01010 00111010 1101101 1000010101 010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 through 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 Through All The Stuff;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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