This is an analysis of the poem You Could And You Should that begins with:

Stop the complications of,
Your perceptions of......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAXbCD AAXbC cdEEfEEdeE DDgDDgfDDcDDdd AAXbCDXDDDDDDDDDDD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,10,14,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100 10100 010100 1 1011100 11111 1010100 10100 010100 1 1011100 010111 0100110 010 110 0010101 010 110 100010 1010 110 11 111 10100110 11 111 111 01010 11 111 1011111 11 111 11 111 1010100 10100 010100 1 1011100 11111 010111010 11 111 010111010 11 111 010111010 11 111 11 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • 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, simple, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

    The author used the same word stop at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines of, simple, should are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word should 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 You Could And You Should;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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