This is an analysis of the poem I Had 'Had' Enough that begins with:

I have sought to seek,
No personal purpose......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdeeef fghiebha fgdjhjhjh bbibhfkifgcg ceclflfcXbggkgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,9,12,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 110010 010110 0010111 01110100 001100100 10101010 1101110 10001 101000 1110101 01101001 01010011001 101010110 010101 0100100101 0010111101 101101 011111010 101110110010 1111101010 10111010 1011110 111011001 110110101010 1110101011111 11110 0101110 10101110001 1111001010 101001 1111111 1011101 101001 11100110 11101 011111 00101101 1110111 1111101010 11001 1110 1010001001100 111010110001 0100101100 011 111110 0101110010 11111 11101010101 11000010001 001001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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, with, i are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of I Had 'Had' Enough;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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