This is an analysis of the poem More Pretense Than Passion that begins with:

When we each came to be sixteen,
Planting expectations with claims to fulfill hopes......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcabcacca cdXefcghd bedhbXdf aeXeXgXacf ecedb dc bedeXea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,9,8,10,5,2,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110001 101010010011 110110101 1000101111 101011 01111 0111 101111110 10011 0111 111101111 11001 11001010101000 01010110010101101 110111 011101010111 1010010 00101110110100 11010100 10101001 1111001001 1010111 10111001000100 010101 11110110 1011111 11111 110101 110101 1010001 0111 10111 1010111101 10111 101110010101 101001010011 11101 111011 11110101010 11101100101 10111010010101 1101010110 1 00 11101100101010 000100011 101000101010101 1000101111101 1000101101 1101011101 111101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; we is repeated.

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

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

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