This is an analysis of the poem Not Man Made that begins with:

More to give...
Than a polished car repossessed....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abbcb aded ecAXXc cXdcc abcXXdbXad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,6,5,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 10101101 11101001010 01 010100001 11101 11111101 1111101 0010011 1011100 1010101 101 101100 1011010 1110111 1011111 110100101001 11010101 1110110 01101 11111101 111011 11111 11111101110 1101 11101 110110111 11 01 101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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, i, more are repeated.

    The author used the same word more 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 Not Man Made;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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