This is an analysis of the poem Participating In The Midst that begins with:

No engine starts without being ignited.
Someone has to get close to a fire, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAC ddeedd FEFD eXXX XaXaf FEFD dABACdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,4,5,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010110010 1110110010 01001001 01110101 1010011010 10100100010 1011001010 1001110100 101101 00001110010 1101010 101001 111010 010101 10010010011 10101010 01011010100 10101001000000010 11001101 001010110101 00100101101 1010010101 110101010100 1101010 101001 111010 010101 1 11010110010 1110110010 01001001 01110101 101101 101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • 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, with are repeated.

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

  • summary of Participating In The Midst;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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