This is an analysis of the poem Not Seeking To Be Begged that begins with:
Everything they have ever wanted,
Was not only right under their noses......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcXdc XdddaXaabaab Xbaccd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,12,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111010 1110110110 11010010 001010100 1101 0101 110011101 0101001110 110011101 110101101 1111011 111010 1110101 10101111010 110101 110101010110 110001 00101 1001000101 1010111 1101010 011101 101011010101 0010010001001 01011100101001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Not Seeking To Be Begged;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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