This is an analysis of the poem Influence To Rule that begins with:

Only those impaired with tunneled vision,
And blinded without hindsight......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABABCBbDEC BFbGHDC BFbGH bXebbaeeebeee BFbGHDCbGHHHDCXfbGH BFgDCbGHHEFbGHHH ABABCBbDECbXXebDCdabGHHEF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,7,5,13,19,16,25,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010010 1100111 111010 0111101 1100101 010011 1 1011010 000101011 1111010010 110010 0010001 1 11 10001 001010010 1011101 110010 0010001 1 11 10001 0101001011 1101001 0010010 1100111 10111100 00100010 11000111 01110010001 101010010 101 11011010110 1101000101 1111001 110010 0010001 1 11 10001 001010010 1011101 1 11 10001 10001 10001 001010010 1011101 101010100 1001101 1 11 10001 110010 0010001 1101000100001 001010010 1011101 1 11 10001 10001 100110010 10100001 1 11 10001 10001 10001 10101010010 1100111 111010 0111101 1100101 010011 1 1011010 000101011 1111010010 11111101101 01001101100 10111 110101 1 001010010 1011101 101110 100111010101 1 11 10001 10001 100110010 10100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 357
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 95
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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, influence, rule, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words fixed, influence, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The poet repeated the same word rule at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Influence To Rule;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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