This is an analysis of the poem Meant To Adventure that begins with:

I am passionate.
Compassionate....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaBC DEDA FGAHGF DEDA AaBC FGAHGF XXgfhXhaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,4,4,6,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100 0100 11010 1101 1110011 110111001 0100110 1101011001 110101101111 00101010 11010100 11011110101 1111110100 100110101 1110011 110111001 0100110 1101011001 11100 0100 11010 1101 110101101111 00101010 11010100 11011110101 1111110100 100110101 110100111 100100100100101 110110010110100 1110 11010111101 11101101 11101100010 110100101000 10101010 00100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not, i, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Meant To Adventure;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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