This is an analysis of the poem The Hunger To Have It that begins with:

Their failures faced,
Do not come to them....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbacXcdc cccXdaacXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 11100 010011 11010010 110100101 001000100100 101000100001 001 00100100 10101 111010100 110101 110110000101 100011010101 01000 0100 1010010 1101001000110 001001011000 00100111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of The Hunger To Have It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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