This is an analysis of the poem Living Under Such Duress that begins with:
You had been the one to chose,
To ignore the wounds and sores......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aab cdedddc daXcdc XedXdXcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,6,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100101 0010111 01101 101100 011101 11011010 01 1101 0011101 11010110 11111 1100010 11111000100 10101100 11011 1101001100001 11 1010 110100100101 10101010 011100111101 1010101001 11
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 23
- 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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Living Under Such Duress;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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