This is an analysis of the poem In No Position To Recommend Or Suggest that begins with:
I refuse in these days we all live,
To be caught up in others' lives......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacbbdXecedfff dX dXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,2,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 101011111 00110101 0110001 1101111 010100111 11100010 1111001001 110111101010 10111010001 101101001001 1100101101011 11010100101101 111111 0110111111 011100010010101 110010011101 010 0100101010 1101100010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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, have are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of In No Position To Recommend Or Suggest;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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