This is an analysis of the poem What? And, Why Is This Happening? that begins with:
We are a part of this creation.
Envision yourself in the universe......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbaXXXaXcccdcceXXaaXeedcXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100010 0101000101 011101011 1011 11100100100 11110100 01011010010 0101111101 111010010100 1110011 1111 0111 1101111 10101 11111011111 1011010010000 111001001010111 101 11011001100 1010 1100 11011000010 0110010 10101111 0100001001 1 1100100 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 877
- Average number of words per stanza: 157
- Amount of lines: 28
- 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.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, and, that, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of What? And, Why Is This Happening?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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