This is an analysis of the poem Encounter With A Higher Power that begins with:
They could care less...
Who comes to add blood and/or funds...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCdecfab ABCggXdf hebeXeXeah
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 11011101 01101011 11110 10001 1101010001 01101 00110100101 11011111 1111 11011101 01101011 11101010 0101110010 1101011000 011010 01010101 110110010 11101 10100010101 010110101 011010 11101001 100101 001111 0111110101101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Encounter With A Higher Power;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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