This is an analysis of the poem Suggestive Modifications that begins with:

Suggestive modifications,
Seldom reflect a credible ability....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcdee X a bXffcX XdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,1,6,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010010 100101000100 01001010010 101010010110 11110111 11010001101 1011100001001 011101 111101 111010110101 1010 0111 11110 10111100 1110101 1010110 11 1111101010 101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; one's is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them is repeated).

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

  • summary of Suggestive Modifications;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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