This is an analysis of the poem In A World In Which Ideals Are Not Respected that begins with:

It is difficult being a teenager.
With pimples everywhere, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcdce bXXdcbfX gfgXdXcX eadXcdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,8,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100100110 010101 10001 111110 01010001 10001010 0100 110101 01 101011010 0101 110 1 111011 11110010011 11000100 0101010 1010101 11001000100 1 1 101001010 1110111001 1 0010001101 001010111010 1111001 011010110 101000001 00100101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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 In A World In Which Ideals Are Not Respected;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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