This is an analysis of the poem Give Me Not Which Does Not Feed that begins with:
Give me not which does not feed,
Not now! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABccddaededdXaafgebeh ABhiiffgad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 11 11010011 01111111 11101 1111011 1101 110100111 11010100 11010011 100010000100 01010111 101010 11010111 01 11111 010111 111010 011111 11 0010101100 1111111 11 1010100100 0101101 0110101 101 0101111 011011111 101110 1110101010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 435
- Average number of words per stanza: 76
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; not is repeated.
The author used the same word give at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Give Me Not Which Does Not Feed;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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