This is an analysis of the poem Why Push A Tilting Cart Over A Cliff? that begins with:
As pretentions go,
Why be amongst the few......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcXdce cdeXccec cdbffcc Xcdgcg X aefe XXagfc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,7,6,1,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001 100101 01000 010111 1001101 100101010 0010000 100110010 0101010100100 0101001010 10100010 11101000111 11101011001 110010010101 1 001010100010101 101 111 10001101011 001111111 110010100 1111100 01000100111 1101011001 11110000 110100110 1011001001 00101101 001000011101 1110 1101111 01101 111 1100010001 1110 1110 111011 110101 01110101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Why Push A Tilting Cart Over A Cliff?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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