This is an analysis of the poem Shunned To Slander Those Wholesome that begins with:

Shunned to slander those wholesome,
They did....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb bdef XdfddaXc gXdg fghaf bbdd hicgi cejbddj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,8,4,5,4,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110 10 00100110 00111011 010110 001110001101 11110100 001000101 1 0100111 01001110 11011101 110101 11010 11010 01110 10111 1111101 0101001 1001 11110011100 1100100101 11111 00010010 0111 10010 110101011101 110101001 111010101 1000101 100101001 111011101010 111101 010001101 001011010 0100100 101101001 111011101 1010101001 1101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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

  • summary of Shunned To Slander Those Wholesome;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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