This is an analysis of the poem Window Dressing that begins with:
They would rather not,
Have their dirty laundry exposed locally......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcbbcde XXXfd ffeaXgeeg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 11101001100 101 0010010 101000 1110011110 0010100 11010110010 01 110 01100011010 00110010101 0010110 0100101010 001010 010101010 101110110 00100101 101001010010 1010101010100 111101101011 0101011100111 111010010100111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; with is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Window Dressing;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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- Analysis of Noisy Minds
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