This is an analysis of the poem What Are You Implying Now? that begins with:
First it was the trumpet lessons.
Then you had those slippers made....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcccaXd effeaXXd XX Xbb XfdaXeggX X dXcbb abX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,2,3,9,1,5,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 1111101 01 101101 10101010010 10010101 010000101 101001 11110 1011100110 101 1111010 1111110100 101 110101110 0111011001 11 111111011010 1011 11 101011 00101011 1 1010101 1110101 1111010 1111111 11100010 1 100 11 1011 111 10101010 111010 01001 111001101110 1010001 01100110111 11
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; i, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, that are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of What Are You Implying Now?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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