This is an analysis of the poem I Appreciate Their Teachings that begins with:

Many today are discovering,
The ease their introduction to poverty has become....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDaXee Ffg hiXgffhj gaXXX ABCDeF gigXgfXXg jX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,3,8,5,6,9,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110100 01110100100101 10101001000001 101001001000100100 11000101010 10101 10101010011001001 11001101101 110110101110111 1101011111 0101110 1101101011 101 110101 1011011010 11101010101 0110001000100101 11010101100 11000100 1101101 010101010 110111100 11111101 01010001 100110100 01110100100101 10101001000001 101001001000100100 1101101 110110101110111 10101111111 1010110011 10010110 10100100110 011111010110010101 0010011001 011010110 010011001101011 01011110101110 1010 1111010011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of are repeated.

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

  • summary of I Appreciate Their Teachings;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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