This is an analysis of the poem What You Have Cooked Up that begins with:
I am not here to burden myself,
With your insecurities....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcd beadeXce cX fgfggggXg ghhcbXb cXeeiXiXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,2,9,7,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101011 0110100 111101 101011101 0100 111101010 10111010 1011011 01110100 0101111010 01100 11110101 1110010 110111 1110111 11101111 11111 0111001 111111101 101 11101000 11011111 10010 100111 01 111101010 11101110110 1111110111011 1111010011010 111011 1110111010 1111 111101101 111010 1001 101110110 11001011 1101101010 1111010 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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, not, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 You Have Cooked Up;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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