This is an analysis of the poem To Whom This May Concern that begins with:
You trying to be my best friend...
Again? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbBAXCD XdcXX AbcXXeXf fXcb AbBAXCD XeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,8,4,7,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11000111 01 01010110 111 10100111000 1011001 00101 01100111001 1011 11101100101 101 101 11000111 01 110100111101 10101011 111 1011 110 1110110 11110 10100100101 010 010101 11000111 01 01010110 111 10100111000 1011001 00101 111011101 111101 11100000000
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 34
- 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; you, to are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines number is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases you, to connect the lines.
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- summary of To Whom This May Concern;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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