This is an analysis of the poem Taking All The Credit that begins with:

Unconscious are the people,
Who continue to take credit......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCdB aXeXX AXcXbb dbbbXb ABCdBXbeddcdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 10100110 11101000 1 0111 1001010 10110111 11100001 1011110 0010110001 1101010 11011001000 001010 100010110010 01001 101001 01001101001 1010010 001011101 1 01101011100 101000101100 1101010 10100110 11101000 1 0111 10111 1001010001 111110001 111101 010 0100001 0010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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

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

  • summary of Taking All The Credit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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