This is an analysis of the poem Standards Kept No One Keeps To Accept that begins with:

Now that sexual preferences confessed,
Are opening closed closet doors once shut to ignore......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbabcabXdc bdXXaXbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11100100001 1100110111001 0001101010101 010110111001 110111101001 1100010011010010 1100101101001 1010101001001 01101001011010100 0111101010110100 1 011001010 0101010010010 0011100010001001 01010000101010100 100101111001 11010010010011000 110111010001001 101100101010001 001001110011101 110111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 537
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, of are repeated.

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

  • summary of Standards Kept No One Keeps To Accept;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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