This is an analysis of the poem How Much Is Needed that begins with:
Most folks wait too late...
As if they have time to borrow, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdeea fadea dcXghaeha hhf XX eXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,9,3,2,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 10111011 01 11101011 1101001101 010110010 10001 1011010 100011011 11 0111011101 001 1001011 110110 01010111 1111010 100100001001 10101 101 1100110 1101010 1111 1111010 00101 01010011 111110 11111001 11010 011101 001011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of How Much Is Needed;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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