This is an analysis of the poem Meaningless At Best that begins with:
What you once valued...
With standards you elected to perfect, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBBCdEffXXbg ABBBCdEbeeXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 0101010001 110110100 110011 100100010 100 101011000001 111100 11110 10111110011 011110011 1101 011 11110 0101010001 110110100 110011 100100010 100 101011000001 01001010000 01001 101100 10110010 010001001001001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 378
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 25
- 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 Meaningless At Best;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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