This is an analysis of the poem Who Gave Whom Permission To Leave...? that begins with:

After years of dodging rolling eyes,
Open and wide......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdebeecb adec XfX bXeea X ebXXa XX afcbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,4,3,5,1,5,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100010101 1011 011011101 010100010101 01000010011 100001001 1111001101 101000101100100 101110100 001010100101 0110010010 011101100100 111110101 110010001101 110100110101 1 0101 111101110110 1111101010 110 0100010100010111 1101101001 111010110100 1100010001010010 1011 111011001010001 11101001 0110100011110 011011001000100 10 101110 101011110010 11 00100111110 1111 01010111000101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; to, i are repeated.

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

  • summary of Who Gave Whom Permission To Leave...?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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