This is an analysis of the poem Those Sweetly Given Critiques that begins with:

Whatever it is that is in your life,
You believe hampers the doing......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDDE EFGHI ABCDDE fXbfjX d EFGHI XXajefdae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,6,6,1,5,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100010011 10110010 01111 0100 1111 110101110 1111111101 1111110 110110 11001 11010011 1100010011 10110010 01111 0100 1111 110101110 01 10101101011 111101101 11001010101 11110111 1011011111 110010101101001 1111111101 1111110 110110 11001 11010011 11111 01000100 110100011111 111011111 10101 1101 11101000101 1110101 1010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i've, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.

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

  • summary of Those Sweetly Given Critiques;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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