This is an analysis of the poem Environmental Setbacks that begins with:

On painted canvases,
With depictions personalized to capture......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdXddXadc X acbcXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,1,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100 00101001010 0101111110 001001101 1110101001 111001 11101110 001010111 11011100010 10101011 1100101001 01101010010 111100001 111101010101 1 110 111010101011 110111100 1100101101101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

  • 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 Environmental Setbacks;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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