This is an analysis of the poem Obligated Not To Wait that begins with:
It seems absolutely foolish,
To live one's life......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCd efXg ggdhXhdd fXffh XhXX ABCd hhIhIfh fcXghgc idbhgfeX idfijjcXXg ddchgXXihdg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,8,5,4,4,7,7,8,10,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01101010 0111 101 110010 0111100 001011 0101101 010101110 0001110 100100011 1110011 010010010 10111 110110100 010111 01111101011 0100001 11 111 10111 1010100 10011 11010011001 10011 11110001 01101010 0111 101 1010010 01010 101001101 01010 11101 01010 00101 010111011 1001101 0111110 11101011101 0011110101 10 010111110 11111010101 110 1111 011110111 11 111110100100 1111011011 101010 1101010111100 110 010010 101001 11010 1011 011001 011 010111 001011 10101010 11010 1011010 110111111 10011101 00110110 111101001101 010 11110001000 110010 111101110010
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 71
- 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 exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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 author used the same words it, however 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 Obligated Not To Wait;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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