This is an analysis of the poem Accepting To Protect False Beliefs that begins with:

The telling of lies told and sold,
To deny in a hiding of one's insecurities......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXbdaebb XXXXeeefbf CDGE CDGE CDGEhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001111 00100100110100 1101 10101010100 11011 110010001001 1101111 010011111 10011011 11001010 101 10110010 0010100110101 001010101001 101000110111 11101101110 0110011010 1101001000101 011 0010111000 010001 101 1011 0111 010001 101 1011 0111 010001 101 1011 0111 01101001 001000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

    The author used the same word accepting at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word known at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Accepting To Protect False Beliefs;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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