This is an analysis of the poem What Are They Saying? that begins with:
Listen to them.
Stop......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXa X a X a X X X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1000 1 1101010 11110 111 111100 11001 11101100 1111111 11 1100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 28
- Average number of words per stanza: 5
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of What Are They Saying?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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