This is an analysis of the poem Neglect Does Not Encourage Nourishment that begins with:

What gives you the right to expect respect,
When none from you has been shown or given....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100101 1101101110 1001111110101 0111010100 1101001001 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Neglect Does Not Encourage Nourishment;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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