This is an analysis of the poem In Limited Quantity that begins with:
Not taking the opportunity or the initiative,
To effectively place one's footsteps......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacXXdXefecgfdfdegcX X ahh XbhX X cXbXdef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,1,3,4,1,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010100100100 001001111 00010101 0100101000010 101001 00100011 111010010 11011001001 010010 010010 1010101 010100010 101000 01111010 01111 11110101 1100101101 0101000010 1010110110101 010101110 0100101 01100100100 1111111111 11011 11110 110100110 11 11110 011100111010000 000111001001011 1100 1111 010001 11110010 10011010 000100110111 1111001001 111000100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases beggars, crumbs connect the lines.
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- summary of In Limited Quantity;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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