This is an analysis of the poem Human Experience that begins with:

What other experience,
Would one wish to have......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCA DEFFGH aXaccacgf ciXdii acXea DEFFGH aBCA egeaXag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,9,6,5,6,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100100 11101 10100 0100100 101 101111011 111010010 11101110010 0100010 1101 1000101 101101110 1100100 10101001010 00101010 001111 010010010 101110100010 110110011 111110 11101101 1111101001000 01001 111010010001 1010101101 010101110 0101011000 0100100 1011011 0101101 101 101111011 111010010 11101110010 0100010 1101 11100100 11101 10100 0100100 1001001 0101010100 010001010 1010100 010111 01011 100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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

  • summary of Human Experience;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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