This is an analysis of the poem A Standard Kept To Achieve that begins with:

So many today unaccustomed to the truth,
Would not have meaningful lives to live......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX abXX cX dcbb XX dXX X XXcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,2,4,2,3,1,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011010001 111100101 01011011000100 11011001010010 0001001110100001 01100100100 101000111010010101 1010101000101001 110111 011011100 010110101010 111011011 010100 1111011010101 1101111010 1101010110000 011010110011 1010000101111 1111001010100 1111 1110 110 0110101 1010101111 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; to, with are repeated.

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

  • summary of A Standard Kept To Achieve;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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