This is an analysis of the poem At A Minimal that begins with:

No one keeps,
What is felt to desire......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbcddeXdfdgf AgXabXdXaedeXXadadc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 1010010 10100 11010 1101 10100001 111001 01001001 001001 10101 0101 11010 0010001101 111 010101 101001001 1111 110010 010010 0100001 111001 0011010 001001001 101000110100 1110101 000101 01101 11101 10010111 10101101 0100111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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 no 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 At A Minimal;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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