This is an analysis of the poem Sits To Be Accepted that begins with:

So difficult it is to understand an anguish,
When ambushed within one's zone of safety....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD edea CFDF ABCD CFCD DFeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100000101110 1110111010 11110 1000111101 1100001010101 1100011100010 11100 1100111100010 0001010100 101110 0001010101 10101101 1100000101110 1110111010 11110 1000111101 0001010100 101110 11110 1000111101 0001010101 10101101 1110011010001 100010110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The author used the same words so, it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word ignored at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Sits To Be Accepted;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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