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

If it does not feed the fire
of your creativity, then leave it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccdeXcfghfgibjXakhgilkjeagcjgijmXggjgedmglgnggeobnljelflllginbnifXagobbmagcj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 79,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00111010 0110100110 0101111 011101 110 011110001 1100101010 1110001 01111 11010001 11010011100 110 1101011 11010001001 111110111001 1101001011 1001101001001100 01110100 0101101111110 0111101011 01001001110 101111001 1010101 01100101 10111011 10100100100 1001011 11111001010 11010100100 11010101 11001111010100 0101100101101010 11011001 1101100100 11011010 01110101001001010 1100101110111 111011 100101011000010100 1101001011 01010110110111 1100010111110010 001110100110 1010101110 01010010010100 110010 110001 010011 10100101 01010 0100111 11010111 11101001010 111101 11100101111010 00100101001 010011 111010011 1110001011111 111100010011 101101101 00101111001 1110111110 0010111101 110001100001 10111110101 1100101110101 101111111 11101100 01111111111010 0111100010 111111 11010111111 10101010 1010011111000 111000010 000100010001010 101110101 1100001010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 572
  • Amount of lines: 79
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; let, be, their, of, to, you, your, and, it are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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