This is an analysis of the poem Refused To Believe Them New that begins with:

One accustomed,
To making excuses......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacbdbaXae fggbgX eXhdijfXbddX XbX jdckghbicaek
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,6,12,3,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 010010 01101 010010 010101010 11011 1100010 0101 101010 111010101 00101 111011 01010 011100001 110100010 0101 0110101 11 1111010001 1010011 010111 0100101 00111101 01010 0100101010 10111010000 11011011 0110010 1011110111 1 0101 11000111 1 1101111 110 1110 0100110001 11001 0101010 1111 1111010 11101 1110001 111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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

  • summary of Refused To Believe Them New;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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