This is an analysis of the poem No Excuses Needed To Be Made that begins with:

Why is it that those who have lied on others...
And have done this most of their lives, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbcXaX dXdbdXca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011111110 11101011 0110101010010 11101 001111111 110100101000 100101101 0100001110111 1110010010010 111101100101 0101010001 11000100100110 0101010101001011 111010001110100 00001101 01101001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 345
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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, it, by are repeated.

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

  • summary of No Excuses Needed To Be Made;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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