This is an analysis of the poem Knowing What It Has Taken that begins with:
Knowing what it has taken,
To make those forward steps made......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbabXXbXbAXaXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010110 0111011 1101010 0110110010 110011111 001000100 0111 101111111 1 1010110 00110101101 01110 110101101100 100 11001 000010100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 478
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Knowing What It Has Taken;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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