This is an analysis of the poem Not Yet Ready Or Prepared that begins with:

When good deeds repeatedly go ignored,
By those who oppose them......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdceXfbgffc XcacX fdbfeXX XgafeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,5,7,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100101 111010 001 01000011110 1011010 010110100 0100011001001 0100010010101 11000111010 001001010 010110000111 10101001 0101010100100 111100111 011111011 0011010 00100100011001 1111111 11110100 1011101101 111110100 110100 10100101100 111010000101 11101010 111010 1110011010 10111010101 110010110001 100 1011000110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; of, have are repeated.

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

  • summary of Not Yet Ready Or Prepared;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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