This is an analysis of the poem Not What Was Meant that begins with:
When the Academy of Arts demanded freedom
Of artistic expression from narrow-minded bureaucrats...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXdcbeXddddeXbffadXX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001000101010 001001001010101 110110100001000100 11001101 1010010001 001010100 1001101010 10111011 10101001010100 101010110110100 101110 0101101010 1101011010 01000010010 11100 0010001 101100111 010101001011 111111 1001001 0110100 111000110110 101001000101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 442
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; freedom, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word freedom is repeated.
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- summary of Not What Was Meant;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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