This is an analysis of the poem Events Consenting To Ignorance that begins with:

Too many events consenting to ignorance,
Could come to a peaceful end if not provoked....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACDA ABbAXc dXed DFeDGeDAD ABACDA DFeDGeDAD eDdeDAeDaXXeDFcad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,4,9,6,9,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010100100 11001010101 1111101 111010100 10101110010 01101010101 110010100100 11001010101 1 1111101 111010100001 11010100100100 111011010 011101 11101111 011111 11 0111010 1 11 0110101 1 11 0011101 1111001 110010100100 11001010101 1111101 111010100 10101110010 01101010101 11 0111010 1 11 0110101 1 11 0011101 1111001 1 11 011010 1 11 0011101 1 11 011111 110101 1 11 0111010 10100100 1011101 101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

    The author used the same words too, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines choose is repeated).

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  • summary of Events Consenting To Ignorance;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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