This is an analysis of the poem What It Isn'T that begins with:
You know what this is about?
'No....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a XX a XXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110001 1 100011 1000 1 1011 101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 21
- Average number of words per stanza: 5
- Amount of lines: 7
- Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of What It Isn'T;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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