Bribed by Edgar Albert Guest: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Bribed that begins with:

I know that what I did was wrong;
I should have sent you far away....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefcgcghihibjbjheheajaj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111011 11111101 11011011 11110101 11111101 01111101 11010111 11111011 11011101 01010101 11110101 11110101 11110101 11011101 11011111 11100111 11011101 11011111 11010101 11111111 11111101 11110011 11111101 11111011 11110101 111101001 111111001 01110101 11111101 11110101 01011101 11101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1091
  • Average number of words per stanza: 217
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i, you, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.

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

  • summary of Bribed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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