This is an analysis of the poem In Acceptable Bondage that begins with:
They find themselves in acceptable bondage.
Feeling complete and shackled, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaabX XcbXcXbd eefeeg dgdfbXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,6,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010010010 1001110 0010011 10101010 01010011 111111101 110 110111 00101010 0100100010 11101 0101001 11101 10100011 00100110100010 111 1010110 11101 11011 01010101 1110111 101 1010010 001111 011100 1001010111 001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; and, of, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of In Acceptable Bondage;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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