This is an analysis of the poem Reluctantly Seeking that begins with:

In a world in which many have spent,
Fortunes to keep themselves deluded......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccXdbaae bXfageceac aaffceX fX Xdg X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,7,2,3,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001011011 100101010 11101111100 010000111 00110001001 0001011101011 01010101000100 1111010100101 1010100100001 11110101100 1101101001 11011110100100 10100101001100 10001111 011001010100 101111100 110010 100101001000100 1010000100 10101011 101101100101 0100100110101101 011101001101101 01010 0010101010101010 11100110110101 1100001001111101 1101010 101 10 1111 00100110100100100 111101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • 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, our are repeated.

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

  • summary of Reluctantly Seeking;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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