This is an analysis of the poem Quick To Hide What Is Not Wished To See that begins with:

When fear becomes greater,
Than the payment to keep it under control....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcddb dcccXeX eXbeba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110 10100101001 010110101010 1101001001 110101011 0011001101 10 1101011010 11010101101 101011 011 100100101011 1010101010 0101 111001011 1101101101 110101010 110000011010 10010010001110 0101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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 is repeated.

    The author used the same word and 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 To Hide What Is Not Wished To See;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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