This is an analysis of the poem If Kept To Value that begins with:

If kept to value,
Had been life and everyone's right......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbccbdcXcdXcefcbXcdcecXcXXceXdcXe bAffbbXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010 10111011 010111 0011010 110001101 101110010 1101001 10010110100 001001 11101010 1001010 11111010 01 010101 11010000101 10110 1000011 11001110 001 1110110 1001 010111 111 110010110101 001110 010010010100 11101 100110101 00101110 1 11 101010 1110001001 1 01010 10111001 110001 101101 1111 0110101100 1000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 574
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

  • summary of If Kept To Value;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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