This is an analysis of the poem Your Assessment Pleases that begins with:

If I had no embedded indoctrinations,
Or a thumb to suck when I was young....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XABCDE XefX fcghXdX ce if jX gcddjc XX hf XABCDE ffdefXXe XX if Xfhe fdXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,7,2,2,2,6,2,2,6,8,2,2,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101010000 101011111 110110010 110100100010 11010 10111111 01001111001 1111011110 110100110110 11010111 11110101 1011011110 111010011 1111101 101 1101111101011 11010111110 1010111110 11011010001000 1 1111010 1001 101 101 101010111 0101011 111110 111101 10110 1 1001011 11010101011011 1010010 011101010000 101011111 110110010 110100100010 11010 10111111 11101111100111 10001101100011110 100010 111101110111 11111010 1101010100 101001011 1 1 1001011 111 1111111 1001 110110101 111101 110101 01 101010 101111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, and, you are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Your Assessment Pleases;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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