This is an analysis of the poem Self-exam (my body is a cage) that begins with:
Do this: take two fingers, place them on
the spot behind your ear, either...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX X Xb ab cd ae fa Xg Xd gc eX gg eXXff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101110101 01011110 10111111 00110010 110010111 0111011 01111111 11111 101101010100 1101100 010011111 10101011111 10111110 111111011 11101111111 1011 11111011111 010111110111 100010110010 010100111 1010101101101 1011011 11011111 101011 11110101 10111111101 11001
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, you, we, think are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word up 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 Self-exam (my body is a cage);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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