This is an analysis of the poem What Did You Think? that begins with:

You are going to have much more.
Much, much, much, much more......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcddcXccXXcXXXbddddXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100111 11111 0011001101 10101011 0101110010010 11011 0101101 01110 100101 01101011 10111111 10101101000 1101 101111101 011001111 01010100 111101101010 1110001110 100111 1111110 11010110110 1011 1100011 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 761
  • Average number of words per stanza: 141
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; much, to, you are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines more is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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

  • summary of What Did You Think?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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