This is an analysis of the poem Making Suggestions that begins with:

No attention should be given,
To anyone that offers......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXacabXcXccdXda bcdXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 0100110 110100010 00101010 101010101 101000111 11100110 01011110 10010110 1000111 11001 1 10111 00101001100 101010 010101 00010101010 1010010010 011001011010 11111101 0110011 01101 10100111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 347
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • 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 Making Suggestions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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