This is an analysis of the poem Those Precarious Predicaments that begins with:

With it still in my mind to be remembered,
And with time given to it spent to have it make sense....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdacae befcdfda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101100010 1011000101011 1111010001 11010100010110 0100010010100110 0010011011010100 111011100101110 001010100010100 101111101101 1111100010010 110101101001010 00100010110100 011010010010 010011011110010 101000100111101 0101001010100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 433
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, it, have, of are repeated.

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

  • summary of Those Precarious Predicaments;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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