This is an analysis of the poem Something Held To Suppress Has Affected The Connection that begins with:

To be referred to as smart and intelligent,
In an environment of other minds......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdd eXeabeeff gcXegcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 000101110100 0101000101 1000110111100 101101010001 1000010100101 100010100100 01010101 1100100 10001 010001 1100100100 1011000110 10101100111 10100110100010 1 00101100 10011 10110001100 011 001011010010 1000101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Something Held To Suppress Has Affected The Connection;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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