This is an analysis of the poem We All Could Use A Big Pinch that begins with:

We all,
Have been accusative......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABB cADCC Acee cfg gcffdf f ABB cADCC bfXX HF HF Xhd ddXhfcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,4,3,6,1,3,5,4,2,2,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 100100 0110001 1 11 1001 101000011 101001 11 1010001001 1100001 0111001 111001 110011 101011 11101 00111101 101 1111010011 11100001 1101110100 11 11 100100 0110001 1 11 1001 101000011 101001 01 1011101 0100110 011010100 1111011 01101 1111011 01101 11110 1 10111 1111001 1010110101 1111011 01101 00101001 0111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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 we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word sense at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of We All Could Use A Big Pinch;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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