This is an analysis of the poem Nothing Owed To Anyone that begins with:
The only thing one may be observed doing,
May not be the only thing one can do....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX XabbX bXXacXca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 01011100110 1100101111 1101001 101001101 010101001 101011110 1101110 1110101 11100111 0100100010101 101010101001 01000101000101 0100001000110 101110010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; be, may, only, to are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Nothing Owed To Anyone;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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