This is an analysis of the poem Hunger For More that begins with:

How can anyone wish to go back inside?
After a discovery begins to connect, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXccdd cXXc bXaaadXdde XeafbafbXAa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,10,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100101101 100010001001 1111101 01111 111 010 010101 10111 0101010 111001 0011010 11100100101 11010011010 001111010 110010011101 0100111001 10111 10101011 101001101 10101 0100010100 111011 011010100 011 1101010 011101100001 1010101 11110010 101000 01111 11100101101 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word if is repeated.

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

  • summary of Hunger For More;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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