This is an analysis of the poem Society Needs Relief that begins with:

Minds adopting violence as a crop,
That grows....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcdeX ABEXDD FEEE FEEE GCGC ABEXDD FEEE GCGC FFFXGCGC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,4,4,4,6,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100101 11 010111 0100010 001010 11000 1010100101 11 1010 1011000 110010 11110 0100101 00100010 110111110 110111010 0100101 00100010 110111110 110111010 110101 1111 110101 1111 1010100101 11 1010 1011000 110010 11110 0100101 00100010 110111110 110111010 110101 1111 110101 1111 0100101 0100101 0100101 110101 1111 110101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

  • summary of Society Needs Relief;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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