This is an analysis of the poem Selfishness that begins with:
Search history, my boy, and see
What petty selfishness has done....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXababa bbbbabab cacabXbX bcbcdede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001111 11010011 10111100 11011101 10101101 01111101 11000101 1011101 11110101 01000101 01010101 11100101 11110101 01010101 01010101 11010111 11110101 11010101 11010101 01010111 11110101 11011101 11010111 11010001 11000101 11010111 01010101 01110101 11011101 11011111 11011111 10010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, who, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Selfishness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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