This is an analysis of the poem I'M Explaining A Few Things that begins with:

You are going to ask: and where are the lilacs?
and the poppy-petalled metaphysics?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcdd Xdd eafghdafcigjkibXgXXdbaXXXjddl bdkdifgdXdfag deX ggXd adafddfddfga hdgXalaga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,29,13,3,4,12,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001111011 10101001010 1010100100 0111001 0100011 111101 110010 01000101 1111 011111 1010011 01010 1111 0101001010010 0100101 00101 001110 01001 110001011010 01001 110011 0101110011 10110 101 101100101000 11010001 01011000100011 1011000101 11001 0110 01111001 101001 1001 111 01001001101 010110 01101000010 111001010101 111011110 1100110 11001 01001010 101110 110011 10111 100111 1001011100 10011010010 11010110 1010101101 0111101 101010101 110110111111 10101011000 1010111101 0110101 011011 0111 100 100 1111 11101 0100110101 01010 01001001 1010 101001101001 1010011011 10111 011011 1111100100 10111 10101000101 11101001 111 01001 11101 001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, house, of, bandits, with, every, from are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of I'M Explaining A Few Things;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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