This is an analysis of the poem Tool Of Those Foolish that begins with:
You've turned your back on me?
Not once but on several occasions....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcccX ddebfgf hdiXdaXg hhfidbXf acXed
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,8,8,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 1111100010 1 110100010 101 11101 010111010 1110 11000101011 1110 10010110010 1000 010 111111 101000 1111010 011010100 10010 11100101 11101100 1100100 0100010101 010101111 1101101 110010 1101001 100101 11010110101 0010011001 11 1011001 1101 1001101 011011100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; you, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Tool Of Those Foolish;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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