This is an analysis of the poem What More Can Be Said that begins with:
What more can be said,
By those sad actions that reflect......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaa bcacX bcbXc dacdaXca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 11110101 01010101 1001101010 0101001001 111001 1100101 01011100 0011010 10110010 1110001 11110110 011101101 1111000100 001000000 11110101 1101010001 11001 01100110 0010100001 110110010 00010010010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; to is repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of What More Can Be Said;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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