This is an analysis of the poem Confessed And Detested that begins with:
No one should have their hands out,
Pleading to feed themselves....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcdXXeeeXbe fdagXadd b fbhXefiiahi defbbb biiib ABgbeaXhbdh aX cbXahaae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,8,1,11,6,5,11,2,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 100101 110011010100 11011111111 110111000 110111 1010010 0010111001 10111010 11101010111111 01001010010 010101011101 1011111001011 01001001 010000101 00100101 10010101010010 1100101111 1010111 101 110101 11111111 10101010 011011 1101001 0101010 101 1110010101 11001110001 1010101001 0010010 1011 1111010 0101 011111111 10010010010 1010111110 111 01101011010 01110100001001 1010001 0011111 111100 1111111 100101 01001110110 00101011 1110101011 101 1100011111 1001 100110100 11 10110101 111001100 11111101 1111001100 0101 111011111 11111110 1010111 0111 011010
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 63
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; there, and, to, endings are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the 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.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines there is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase there connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Confessed And Detested;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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