This is an analysis of the poem Whether You Pay Attention To Me Or Not that begins with:

Being proud and showing this,
With self respect......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abca daba XXcefdfagafX ggbbXhX egXhcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,12,7,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011100 0101 1100010 11000111 0101000100 100010110 0100000 10010000110 100 0101 011010111 10011010100111 1111010101110 11111011010 100101 1010001110101 11 10010101000110 101 1011100 0011010 11 0101 10110100111 111100101 11101111 01 1 111001010 1111 101101001 1101 1101101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; we is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Whether You Pay Attention To Me Or Not;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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