This is an analysis of the poem Selfishness Invested that begins with:
A fear of losing capitalistic views abused.
By those who depleted, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaA XXX bbaX Xb baAbaXaX XcXaac ddXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,2,8,6,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101010010101 111010 00100011 1101001 0101001010 01111 10101010 110101110 11101 0101010 10011001100 10110 1 1010 00100011 1 111010 01010010 111101001001 110101 0101110 1111 111011 0011010 100010 001 1001101 0010010101 1101010 111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; those, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words those, who are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Selfishness Invested;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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