This is an analysis of the poem Fresh Threats that begins with:

Keep them in your pocket to pull out,
Fresh threats....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc bdbeffaXbdb bbaeeagehX g ihbX g Xee Xihj XbagejbXcbX jj Xe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,11,10,1,4,1,3,4,11,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110011 11 00101110 01111 11 1011011 1101 1011001 110100111 010111001001 10001110 100111001 1101001 101010111 1101011 1010011 10101011001 111010 1010010010100 110001111 0010001110010 010101010111 1001 11111010 110100101 11011011 1101100111 0110100101 1110110011101 0100111 1 0010111 11011110 1 110011 010010001 110010101 1 01001010101011 01100 11110010101 1100 011 11010 11010101101101 0110101 01001010110 1010111 1101 110111001 111 1011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, for are repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of Fresh Threats;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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