This is an analysis of the poem In Thoughtless Self-Centeredness that begins with:

Outwardly admitted,
And within inner circles met....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCB dbaebf abdXab dadffd Xbbad XadXXX ABCB ebbbbf Xaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,6,6,5,6,4,6,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010 10110101 1101001111 00101100100001 101110 111100001 10110011 1110001 001010101 010011111 1011010 101110101 011010101 1100110 011110 00101 010110100 01100010101 001011001001100 001001110011 0010110100011 1100110010 101100010101 111011101 11101111 01101111010 11101111 1101111110 110101011111 0101111 100 100 101011000 100010 10110101 1101001111 00101100100001 1011101 11010100101 00100100100001 00011001011 011011101001 00111 1010011010 1101001011 010101001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; one, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines peace is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of In Thoughtless Self-Centeredness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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