This is an analysis of the poem Knowing I Can Not Accept Less that begins with:

When I approached...
I could not keep, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb aXacXXXdd bXaa ebaea babcXa feefXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,4,5,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 1111 11000010 1101110 01101 001110 1 0010111 001111 1010111 1101011 101010 010111010 111010 00100010 10111 110100001 01101 010101001100 101111 10101 0111101 101001001111 11110001 10111011 11001001 101001010 111 101101101 1000101101 1101011001 00100101 1111 10100010 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • 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 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; i, to are repeated.

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

  • summary of Knowing I Can Not Accept Less;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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