This is an analysis of the poem As Is Meant To Be Told that begins with:

With a silenced mind,
Listen to them find......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbCBAa AbdEff aghi h X fifGBe AEbhGBXb XX bCBaAhaa X gXhjbjdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,4,1,1,6,8,2,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 00101 10001 01001101 1111010 00101 110 0010110011 1101 11101010101 111100001000101 01111111 1001010100011010 0001010010111101 001110100110001111 001001101 011111110 111011 1100011010011 10100101 11 11111100101 110100111 110111 11101001000010 00010100101 101011010001110 11101010101 1001010100011010 0001010 00100100101 11101001000010 00010100101 1100001010111 001001011001110 1 1111001111 111010 00101 110 1 0010110011 11010001000101 1110101 1010001001101001 11111111001011 00001010 111000010111 11010100101010 110010100 110100110101 0101111100 111111101110 10111010101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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, who, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines pretend is repeated).

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

  • summary of As Is Meant To Be Told;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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