This is an analysis of the poem From Those Innocent Beginnings that begins with:

My anger and how that is expressed,
Is inherited....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcc XdXedab fbXXb X XaXX bgfX XXacXbfaf Xa deXcXabX HFHBXXX HFHBXgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,5,1,4,4,9,2,8,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111001 00100 1 010101011 1101101101 0100101 010111101 010100010 11101 10100 111 101100010 11101 0111001001111 010110 111 111111 1101000 110111 1010010111001 10010000 00100111 01010011 1101111 0110101100101 111 1101 01010001 101 110010011110110 01010010010110 110110111 110011 10101 01001010010 1001001000100 101010 101101010 110101010000 0010101 11110111 0010 0101001111 0010011 1111 01100010 1111 100010101 110000 101001111 11101 1111 01100010 1111 100010101 110000 1100101110 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; i is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of From Those Innocent Beginnings;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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