This is an analysis of the poem Your Life Is In Much Need Of That Attention that begins with:

You see my eyes?
How they are open......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXbXcdbeXc XXbfdafXeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 11110 1101 1010011 1010101010 1010010 11001 10101011 0011010 01111101 1111110101 0001010101 11101100111 101 101010 111000111 110001 10101101 0111011 111010111110100 0010001 111001101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 334
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; you is repeated.

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

  • summary of Your Life Is In Much Need Of That Attention;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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