This is an analysis of the poem No Right To Ignite Your Indignities that begins with:

You did not come to know,
My mother and father....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcdX ABXefXAdcef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 101101 110110 1110110 0011010 01010011010 101101 110110 01011001 11001101 10000100010111 101101 11111011 1010 1110 1111100110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of No Right To Ignite Your Indignities;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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