This is an analysis of the poem Ecologically Speaking that begins with:

What more than life is more precious?
Ecologically speaking! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaa Xbcdc XdbdXaccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110 0010010 11101010 00101010 10100 1110001 1101100111 0111 100101 11010111001 110100010 111111001 10111101 001011101 0101000100010 0011001101010 11011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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 is repeated.

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

  • summary of Ecologically Speaking;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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