This is an analysis of the poem The Evil Seekers that begins with:

We are born with luck
which is to say with gold in our mouth....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbcdebfdgbhcXaggeXfgifjddijahkkdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 100101011 1111101 111010010 101010011 1111110001 110010010101 11110110 110110 110111101 11101 011110101 111010010001 11110110 101001 111110010 000101 1111 111 111010 10101011011 1111100101 101100101011 11010 011 11001001101 0110001 1011 1010110101 0101111101 110001011 1011100010 1111000010 1110001 1100 100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 230
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, to, one, must, your, it, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, we, learn, one, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines say, it are repeated).

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

  • summary of The Evil Seekers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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