This is an analysis of the poem Displeased With Their Own Enforced Activities that begins with:

Uniting to rid themselves,
Of those people they disliked......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXc XXdXdbb Xbaa ba eaaXbe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,4,2,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101 0110101 11001000100 111101001 011101001001 11010 101011010 101101 001100101010 111101010 00100111110 011001010111 101011011010 010111 111100101011 000101001001011 10001 010010001001 10010000101 011010100 1101111001 0110100100 01010 110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word is is repeated.

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

  • summary of Displeased With Their Own Enforced Activities;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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