This is an analysis of the poem If Not Wished that begins with:
The popularity of vulgarity,
And the ease it offends......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXbXcXa dedd eededde dXeXeec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010000100 101001 100100010100 00010001 010100111 0101001100 00101011010 11010000010 10101010100 10101111101 1111011010010 0100010010110 010101001101 1110101 01000010110111 00101010 0111100101 00101101 11101011001101 100110100111 101101 11010101 001000111 1 100101 011 11101010000010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of If Not Wished;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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