This is an analysis of the poem An Absence Of Patience that begins with:

No one has to guess,
As to who is selfish....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbac bbXbc bdbcbXecd eeee XcbbcXce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,9,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 101010 00011010 11110010 110101 1101100101 001010100 1011010 110101010100 1010 101110 1110111 1100 1111111 010110111 111101 1101 0100011101 0100111111 01010001 11010 00010010 101000101 1100100100 1101010 10011 01011100100 001101001 1011110 01010001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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; they, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same words they, and 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 An Absence Of Patience;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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