This is an analysis of the poem Quick Possession that begins with:
Insignificant they see themselves.
And a showing of this towards life as well....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXabbX AXbXacd caXbXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101001101 10100001111 10101010 110111101 00100000100 111010101000 101001101 1111011011 0100100001001 10101001111 0010011010 110110110001001 11011011000010 0111101000110 0011111010 11101111 0011010100100 01010011100101 10010001010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; and, of are repeated.
The author used the same word insignificant 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 Quick Possession;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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