This is an analysis of the poem With The Scaping Of Knees And Knuckles that begins with:

I've learned to keep my own lips silenced.
To keep them shut....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAXbb aXaXX bbXbaX cXbcAA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111110 0101 10110101111 01011010001 001001110101 1010101010 100110000010 0100010110100100 11011101010 100100101010 11010100101 001110 1100100010 1100111010101 110101 0010011101 1111110101 101011011 0101110011101001 1 110111110 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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 is repeated.

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

  • summary of With The Scaping Of Knees And Knuckles;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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