This is an analysis of the poem The Gift Of Polished Rhetoric that begins with:

One who speaks,
With an unfiltered tongue....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeXefbccc XeaggefhhiXai jkkeckeicf ced ffX acfceaXfjc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,13,10,3,3,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 010101 10101 0101001 011011010 0100111 1011 0011010 10010 010101 1 10001 01 10110101 010101100 1001 1111101 01001101001 1001010 0110101101 11101101 0101110 0110001 0010101 010111010 110100111 10010101 111110101 1010010 010110 11011001001100 10010101 10010 101011011 0101001 011001101 10110100010 01010010101010 11 11 11111 001010011 10111 10100 111001 1 11110100 00100010100 1010111100 10101 100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • 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 lies is repeated).

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

  • summary of The Gift Of Polished Rhetoric;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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