This is an analysis of the poem This Is All That They Value that begins with:
An enforced need to continue fear and grief,
To uphold beliefs of a fading greatness......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXabaa baaX X caXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,1,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110010111 00101001010 1010100101010 10111 0100101001001 1100101010001 110001 11010010 111111010 1010110110100 1011100 1111001111000 111 11111 110010011100 10011110 0010110110 11101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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 This Is All That They Value;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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