This is an analysis of the poem Who Referees? that begins with:
I don't know if I am ready or not.
And what would I not be ready for......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC deXbE X faXfgeX ABC aXGg eaGXXc EaXeecXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,1,7,3,4,6,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110111011 111110101 0100010 11111 1111101 00101 11011011 1100100101 1011 101 10101 110100 1100100101 1011110 11011111 11101001 1110111011 111110101 0100010 111101011111 011101 110010 1111011 011011101 010111 110010 1100 1 110110110 1100100101 11100 1111100010 011101 0100110111001 011111010 1111111100 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 37
- 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:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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, ready, prepared, in, case, they, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words just, the are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Who Referees?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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