This is an analysis of the poem The Difficulty Of Kept Insecurities that begins with:

A wisdom to earn to get and keep,
Takes a life to live overcoming mistakes....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcdebe XaXffbcf XedX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010010111 10101101001 001001010001 1100110110 101010010000110100 101111110001 00100111011 100100100010001 1110100101 01010001101010 11010011010 1010101100101 011011111 0110001010101 11000010010100100 101100110101001 0101011110111 01111010101101 11001010001111 001010111001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

  • summary of The Difficulty Of Kept Insecurities;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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