This is an analysis of the poem Those Thoughtless Are Impossible that begins with:

The only ones concerned,
About one's tone and manner of speech......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbcX X c dX eaXXaXc ceafaX ad XafbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,1,2,7,6,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101 011111001 111000100100 01001 11101 0100100010 11111111 11 111111111 100000 1 011110 1101010010 0100101010 110100101 110011010 11 1110 11101 11101001011 1111010101 110101010 101111000 100101010 11011110100 1 110010001010 1111 011010010 11001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

  • summary of Those Thoughtless Are Impossible;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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