This is an analysis of the poem Adjusting To Less that begins with:
Adjusting to less,
Just may be the best thing......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABbcd ABEcae faadb XdXfddXABEfddf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,5,14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001 110011 00100110 001001 101001 01001 110011 0010001 011 00100 10111 010100110 11101 1011001 1010 10 1010111 01010101 0110101 111111 010101 01010011 01001 110011 0010001 110101 1 01101010 101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word another is repeated.
The author used the same word adjusting at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Adjusting To Less;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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