This is an analysis of the poem He Gave Them What They Wanted that begins with:
People came and waited for him,
To validate his success....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbac b dXaeebb bXXX cdd dXXFG cXGXgFG a XGXgFX Xd XGXgFGXGXgFGXGXgFX XX XGXgFGXGXgFGXGXgFX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,7,4,3,5,7,1,6,2,18,2,18,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111011 0100001 1001101001000 0101001 001010101 111010111010 11101110 101 101101001010 110100010 110010101100 11010101010 0101101 111101 11110101111 110100101101 010111 0111101 100100010 00101 101011101 11 1011 0001 111 1111 110 1011 1111 0001 11 111 1111 101101101 11011 1111 0001 11 111 11111 0100 110100101 1011 1111 0001 11 111 1111 1011 1111 0001 11 111 1111 1011 1111 0001 11 111 11111 1111001000101010 01011110 1011 1111 0001 11 111 1111 1011 1111 0001 11 111 1111 1011 1111 0001 11 111 11111 110101110 0001001010
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 82
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word d at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of He Gave Them What They Wanted;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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