This is an analysis of the poem What Goes Around that begins with:
I have a peace of mind,
That took a while for me to find....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Aabcb dX aefcgc eXdhhXghg IEAa IEaahadXXb IEbaaddfbXX iEXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,6,9,4,10,11,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 11011101 111111 1111 011111101 0111011 111111 110010 1110100 11001 11001 11111100 011101 111111 111110 10111101 011111 111101 010010100 01 011011111 1 11 11 110101 1100101 11 11 111001 10101011 11111010 110 01010011 101011 110 111100011001 11 11 10101 1101 101 1111 110101 100101 0001 110100 01001 111 11 11010 111 10111101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
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; you, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word back at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines around 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 Goes Around;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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