This is an analysis of the poem These Prices Paid that begins with:
For centuries...
Haven't we've been tricked into believing, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcadeaceeXed aafXgd dcecda geeaXach cXXaa iaGeahheb dGeji dacfhhXaajc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,6,6,8,5,9,5,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100 1010100010 10000100100 010011010101 0010 10100101 10 000100 001 010010001 011 11111010 0010001010010 010011 11011001011 10111011010 11010111111 11101010011011 11110101011001010 11 110010010110001 0011011 101010111010 01011010010010 010001010 11010101 1010010111 111011101001 0110 10111 001011001100010010100 1111011 1111010110 111101010011 01101001 0111101001100 111011010 10010010111110 1000100110 01110010010010 111101001 1110010001 101101010 1100100101 11000110110 1101 11001001 1101 111101001 110110010001 1 10101111010 11011101 110110 101001000100 1011001011 100001010 1 1101101 11101010100101111 1010001000010 11 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 63
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; my, to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of These Prices Paid;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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