This is an analysis of the poem Those Then Who Had Nothing that begins with:
Not only were they given the keys and the tools,
With delivered messengers......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabab aXXXX Xb bXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,2,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110011001101 0010100 100010001 1 010101011100 11101 110010010010 1111001011 110010010010101 111101000010001 10010010 1 01000101 101 111110 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 16
- 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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Those Then Who Had Nothing;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Comprehending A Strength Valued
- Analysis of In Complete Devotion
- Analysis of On Everyone's Lips As An Expectation
