This is an analysis of the poem They Did Not Sell Their Souls that begins with:
Behind walls they hid,
An occupied attachment......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacXd cebeafcb dXXaaddXae dcfdXaf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,10,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111 1101010 011101 10110010010 111010 01110110110 0111 1101101100 110100001 1101010010100 1110101 10111001 111010111 01010011 101111 1101010 10010100 110100101 101001 010111110 111011 1111100 11100001 00101101010010 01000110110 110010 010111 01010 101001011010 11010010011 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; them is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of They Did Not Sell Their Souls;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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