This is an analysis of the poem Smart that begins with:
My dad gave me one dollar bill
'Cause I'm his smartest son,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XababcccdebebfXfgdgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 000101 1110111010 010111 1111010 110001 111111101 110111 11011111 110111 1111101111 110111 1110100101 110111 1011111010 110111 1111111 1111001 11011101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 656
- Average number of words per stanza: 136
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Smart;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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