This is an analysis of the poem Inheritance that begins with:
THERE lived a man who raised his hand and said,
'I will be great!'... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbb XcXc XdXd XaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101110111 1001 1101111101 11011 0111110101 1101 1111110111 1110 1101011011 1101 1011000101 0101 100101010100 0101 1101011111 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 16
- 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; he is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Inheritance;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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