This is an analysis of the poem No Protectors that begins with:
The business of living,
Has laid cold eyes upon them...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabb cbdeXeX acafbbe eXecfb eeaXed
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,7,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010010 1111010 10 1101 111010 010011 1101 0101010 100100 1011 00101 110 010010 011001010 110011100 0111 01010101 11001 01011001 110010 1001 1101010 100010 101001 01010101 101001011 11010 01100100 10100010101 01011101 101001001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of No Protectors;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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