This is an analysis of the poem Unnecessary Sadness that begins with:
You may not like what I like.
For something else to feed your pleasures....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD XEXEXDD XEXeXf gXfXd XEXEXDD XgEXeXhF ABCD XEXEXhFh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,6,5,7,8,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 110101110 1010101 11010111 1 1101010 1 0111110010 1 11010001 110101 1 1111010 1 110101110 1 11011110111 111001 00110111 101011 010101010 111 1 1101010 1 0111110010 1 11010001 110101 1 11 1111010 1 1111110 1 010111 10111 1111111 110101110 1010101 11010111 1 1101010 1 0111110010 1 110111 10111 0111001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
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; like, we are repeated.
The author used the same word ooowee 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 Unnecessary Sadness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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