This is an analysis of the poem A Unanticipated Tart Taste that begins with:

Discouraging children,
To participate in the realities of life......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbbbcdabXbab adabedbbXcce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010010 0010100010001 001010 0111111 110101011 111001010 1010001001 01001101 11101101 101001001010 100001 0101010111 01011 001010011100 101010100101 11 11011111 111001101 1001011001 110100100010 100100101 1100100010001 010111001 01010100100 1101101001 101001010101 11111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 495
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

  • summary of A Unanticipated Tart Taste;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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