This is an analysis of the poem I Have No Desire To Limp Home With Agonized Feet that begins with:
I don't have to be in 'his' shoes,
To know what it is like......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAXXXXc ABAXaXcb dABAXccXdda
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100011 011001 00101110 111011101 01001110110 011111111010 0111111010101 11001 11100011 011001 00101110 110 1111000 111011101 1111010111 11010 11 11100011 011001 00101110 10010111101 1101001110 11101001101011 10111001001010 1010111 1 101011010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to 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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of I Have No Desire To Limp Home With Agonized Feet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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