This is an analysis of the poem Needing Instant Pity that begins with:
You know I know
You think I'm indecisive....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AB AC DDEFX AB AC XedeXX AB AC dddgd dgd AB AC DDEFadXcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,5,2,2,6,2,2,5,3,2,2,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 1101010 1111 0111010 1010111 010100001 1110111 010001 0101010 1111 1101010 1111 0111010 01110111 1111100 011101001 1110111 111110 11010100 1111 1101010 1111 0111010 111 111101 101010101 0101110 0101010001 1101111101 110101 1101 1111 1101010 1111 0111010 1010111 010100001 1110111 010001 01010101 111100101 1111 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 78
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; know, you, i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Needing Instant Pity;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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