This is an analysis of the poem What They Know that begins with:
Most people, not all...
Seem to be affected, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccdcXXXcee decfgbb aXcebgebdedc gebXhbcXbdb ecXX hfbX XXXXXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,7,12,11,4,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011 100010 110101001 11110111 111101001 001001000 00100011 110 1101110111 011110100001 10110100111 1100101101 0010111010010 101001111 11010101101 00101110010 10111 1101111101 11011110101 1011011101011 000101010 111101001 1100010100101011 0001010 1100100100101 1001011 110100000101010 01001110 101010001001 01001011001010 110100101001101 0101011 110010101110 0111011101101 11001011100100 11101001111 011010010101 11000100001 1101110111 11010011001 001000011110011 101001110111 111001 011110001 1011010100 10111001101100 111111 11101 101010010110 11101000110 1 111110 101101110 10101011101 01
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; not, to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of What They Know;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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