This is an analysis of the poem Wrap Up All The Nonsense that begins with:

It is time to wrap up all the nonsense folks,
And doing away with all pronounced pretentiousness....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXBcd XcXXd AXBdc aaXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 00101110101 1100101011000 1001010001 101000 1011100 01111010010010101 111001 10010011001 1110101010101 0111010010100 00101110101 1100101011000 1001010001 1010001011100 101101010001 10110101101010 0010000110001 011101 010001111001 0101010100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word anyone at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Wrap Up All The Nonsense;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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