This is an analysis of the poem Makin' It Natural that begins with:

I'm gonna throw my grass out the window
Crumple up my papers too...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbDXeefccXcDbaXbfeXed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101111010 1011101 10111110101 0101010101 110100100 1101011 1111111 11101011 111010111 101011111011 11101001111 11111101011 0101010101 110100100 111111 000101110 11111011 011110111 1110101011 101101 111110101 0101101 110100100100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 828
  • Average number of words per stanza: 171
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of Makin' It Natural;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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