This is an analysis of the poem Peripetia, Or Flowers For Everyone that begins with:

How difficult it is to love the stupid
in ourselves, not to mention the shortcomings...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXc cXXc bbXX caaX XXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11000001010 00110100110 010111100 0101111100 0100010101 0110010101 0111010101 111101010100 0101110101010 11010011101 0010101010 01110101100 1011010100 1100010001 111100101 010110111001 1010001101000 1111010111011 1010110010 1011101101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

  • summary of Peripetia, Or Flowers For Everyone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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