This is an analysis of the poem The Need Not To Be Repossessed that begins with:
Why can't you accept where those boundaries are?
Why must you treat yourself to a round of disrespecting me? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDEF ggXgge ABCDEF bddX XXgeXABCDEF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,4,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101111001 111110001010101 11110 1101010 0011 11110101011 1101101111 11110101110 110 11101001 010100 101001010101 11101111001 111110001010101 11110 1101010 0011 11110101011 10101101 0111000101001 111100101111 111111010110100 01001001 0110 101100101 01 11101111001 111110001010101 11110 1101010 0011 11110101011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word why is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Need Not To Be Repossessed;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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