This is an analysis of the poem Using The Same Old Devices that begins with:
No it's not easy
To speak one's mind....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcdeDFBGH ihXhhcijheaejXXDFBGHd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,21,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110 0111 10101 110101 11110 101101 11111011 011111010 10001 11101011011 11101101110 111010 01110101010 1 1110011010 01010 10111111 1001100 01111101101 11 01001001 1111100100 001010 001101 111101010100 11111011 011111010 10001 11101011011 11101101110 01101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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.
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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word and 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 Using The Same Old Devices;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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