This is an analysis of the poem But? What About The Buts? that begins with:

People with high ambitions,
Yet low on strict discipline......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdaee XX caead XX dcce XefX e d gdXd bhdddhhdX Xddh cdX X iXjgfXcXjX e iX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,2,5,2,4,4,1,1,4,9,4,3,1,10,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010 1111100 00101001010 1100100100101 01000010 110111010101 00100101101 1 100 110011010001 11011010 010010111 1010011010001 0100111001 1 0111 1 10111011101 011010001101 10110110101 10 110 101010 11110110010 1 110101 0110101 10010110101 001000100111 1010111010 11101 011010100100 1010 1111010101 10111110 00010001010100 11101001000 0101010100111 10 1 110 1111010111001 111011100 11111011 111101 1011001011 101100111 1001 01110011 0101010 1 001001100 1101 010001011101 1111100 10100100010 010100100 1011010 1110011010111 0111101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.

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

  • summary of But? What About The Buts?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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