This is an analysis of the poem Your Outsourcing Abilities that begins with:

Calm down!
What is the matter with you? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccc dacX efggg gX ehhdijj XX XbXhb XXeX ckeb ciX fgklXhh X khlXhXejX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,2,7,2,5,4,4,3,7,1,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 1001001 1101010 1010101 110 1011 110111 1011 1001110010 1 10 11110101 1 1101101010 1100 110101010001 111 1111 110 10111110011 1011111010101 011111010 110100 1 1 110101011 11011001 11010101 11100110111 111101101001 1 1000 110111 1111100 10 11101 111011 111111111 11 0100110101110 01111111010110 010 1111 010010101 1101 01001110110110 010111 0111111 111011111011001 1 10111100100 100101010 1111111 001111110100 111111111001010 11011 1110011111110001 111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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