This is an analysis of the poem Made To Stay Persuaded that begins with:
I don't give it prolonged thought.
But I must admit, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXcd ceedfbaa dXece XaX aXg X cg fdX XX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,5,3,3,1,2,3,2,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110011 11101 11111100 011110111000 1101111010 011111101 111010110 110010101 1010110100001 1101001 1111001 1011101100 0101101 111001000001 1 01000 1100100010001 001000011 10010101011001 110010000101 111010 110011 011 10100100 11110111101 11 10 11 111110111 11101010 101110 11 10101 1011100100
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 Made To Stay Persuaded;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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