This is an analysis of the poem You Know How We Like Horses? that begins with:
What's the matter, son?
Someone's called you names again at school? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX XaX bc X d bXXcbX d caX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,2,1,1,6,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 111110111 11010010 10 11111101 1 1 11011 11111 101110101001 111001 1110011 11 111001101 1111111 11 1111 110110 110110110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 57
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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 You Know How We Like Horses?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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