This is an analysis of the poem Desires Kept that begins with:
Subjective objectivity,
Received and reflecting acceptance......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXcccde XXXdd Afbccee gcehcXXe fhgiii XX ace XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,7,8,6,2,3,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010100 011010010 010 010001010001 11010100111 11 0111 0100010 10111 11110101 0101 101011101 11010001001 01010100 101001 0110110 11101 1101 111001 1010 0101011010 010111011101 001111010 11000001 010010101 110101100 11110101 10101111 01010 0101 10100010 0110100011010 01010 110100100 1 110111 1110000100 10110 00101001 1 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Desires Kept;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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