This is an analysis of the poem Declining Forgiveness that begins with:
We must help those whose lives,
Are stuck in an unchanged past....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBC adXabXbdeX ABBC ebbXebbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 1101011 0010010001 0111011 001010100 01001011 110001100001001 10101 11101 11101 01010001 101010 01100110 110110110 111111 1101011 0010010001 0111011 010001010001010 11001 001010011111 0101100 00010010 01000 101001 0111010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Declining Forgiveness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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