This is an analysis of the poem When You Know Yourself that begins with:
Don't wonder about it!
Things have changed for you, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccXdX XeefXbb geXhaad bfXXgeXhe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010 11111 01000 0100 11111110 010 001110 1101010101 01011111101 01 110101 11101 1010111 01 011111111 1011 111 110 1010111 10110101 0001010 11 11001 1111011010 001001 111111 11011101 11110 1010111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it's is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of When You Know Yourself;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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