This is an analysis of the poem The Best Of A Kept Nonexistence that begins with:

Your depictions,
Can not be compared......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdef cbbccbX ea dcXgabcX GXecbh aXabcXX dghXa dedf a GXaXeccb dX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,2,8,6,7,5,4,1,8,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 11001 00100101 10 11 1100 1101000 1010101 10100011 00101 011001 11101 1111 0100101011000 111101 11111010 1011101 010100011010 10100100 111 10010101101 101101110 101011001 111000100 01 1001 11001 001001 1001111 01001 10110 100100100 1101010 0101101 0101 0011000 110111010 011 11101110 0001010 10101 011101101 11 110100 0011101 1010 1111 01 10101 11011110010 1100101 0101 10001 0011011 111110 11 01001 1110 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • 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:

    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.

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

  • summary of The Best Of A Kept Nonexistence;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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