This is an analysis of the poem More Highly Favored To Be Blessed that begins with:

Who we are to become labelled,
Is a fact of life that exists....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBDD deaXca aadfdf ABCBDD DGXgXXaXXDGed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100110 00101101 1010010 01100 110100001 110100001 0100101 10000101001 11100001 11100100 001110 101010101 1100010 1010001 11001001 001001 11001 010010100111 11100110 00101101 1010010 01100 110100001 110100001 11 010010 1111111 110010 010010 1011011 1011010 11101010101010 11 010010 11001 1111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and 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 More Highly Favored To Be Blessed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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