This is an analysis of the poem More Acceptable that begins with:

Should I feel an obligation,
To show a concern expressed....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaXXb bbXXccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11111010 0100101 000100010 11110111 00110111 1111000111 00111111 0010010101 0101000101000 1110100 11 1001101010 1001111010 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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 is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines darkness is repeated).

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  • summary of More Acceptable;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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