This is an analysis of the poem Placate (Remain They Stay) that begins with:

Wanting to be paid to keep up.
With a sweeping away the trash, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabbbbbcdeeX dfa gXbcXb bgaggbd XafXagdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,3,6,7,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001011 00100101 10111 11001 10110 0101110 10110 110001 0110101 10111 11011 101010 01010 00101110 110111 10110 10100101 1001 01011 0100010 101 111010 110 01011 0101 1100011 1100101 1010001 01001 1000101 100 01010010 0111100 100 011111 0110110 0101101 10100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

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

  • summary of Placate (Remain They Stay);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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