This is an analysis of the poem These Acts Are Often Quickly Returned that begins with:
I have never understood,
Why some people would take it upon themselves......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXcaba XdbdcXaX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 11101100101 011110100100010 11011100111 011001100 1 00101101 111010010 11101101100 1000100011 11100111 11011 010010100010001 10100110100 111101001 1000101110 10 1100110010000
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of These Acts Are Often Quickly Returned;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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