This is an analysis of the poem Theft No One Suspects that begins with:

There are those shallow who will steep,
To darkened levels hoping to receive......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabXXa abXcXcc CCXaXXaXCCcbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110101 0101010001 1010101001 10101010 111101 011001111 010001101 0110110 00100110100 01010011 1001010111 0010010 111111 0110101 101001011111 11110101001 1001110101 0101110011 1111100 11010011000 10100001 101001011111 11110101001 11101010111 111010111 10101001 10010111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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, of are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Theft No One Suspects;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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