This is an analysis of the poem What Is It About? that begins with:
If it isn't about the money,
Getting thin and that isn't funny......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAbCC DDbCC aXdcX DDbCC AAbCXccdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 000001010 101110010 1 10001 10001 0000010100 01010100111 1 10001 10001 1010100 110001 10111001 10101111001 1010010101101 0000010100 01010100111 1 10001 10001 000001010 101110010 1 10001 0000011001110101 110001 01110100 11010001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; it, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
The author used the same word if 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 about is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word about at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of What Is It About?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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