This is an analysis of the poem What Is It That You Are Trying To Solicit? that begins with:
If I had nothing else to believe,
When nourished as a child......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbXXda ceaXXfdd fefbX fff X XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,5,3,1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011101001 110101 11011 111001000010 100101110000 101010110100101 110101001100 0010100110001 11010101 010110100 0101010101 101100001010 0111010 011110001 0001001100 101011111110 111010 111 11111 11101110 1111010101 11100111 100111100010 0100110101 111110000 110 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
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, to, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of What Is It That You Are Trying To Solicit?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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