This is an analysis of the poem For An Anger That Comes To Visit that begins with:

Most of them have no discipline at all.
Nor have they had a patriotic thought....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdcc dcdedefbgeb ddbXXgagHBcebd gHBcafhXfcfe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,11,14,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110011 1111010101 1011010100 101010101 101000100101 111010001 1111010111 10111101 111101 010011 10010011 1101000111 1110110011 0111100 101101001101 1010101010 111 1111101 1001110100 10111 01 1101011 01011111001000 1110101000 11 1 111 1110 1111001 0101001010100 111011010 1100001100 1 111 1110 010101 110111 10 1111101 11110110 1101001010 11010 010110110 010010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; or, to are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of For An Anger That Comes To Visit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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