This is an analysis of the poem Recovering From Selfishness that begins with:

Blessed are they awakening each day,
With a gratefulness and a wishful spirit......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcXdadce bdcbfXfeda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010011 001000101010 01110101010 1101101101 1001 101 1101001001 100101011010 0011001 001101001010 100101001000100 010010000010010 11101111110 1 110101010100010 11010100 111101101 100001010100100 0010010011111110 0101000110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 417
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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, and, of are repeated.

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

  • summary of Recovering From Selfishness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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