This is an analysis of the poem To Appease The Giving To Another that begins with:
If people stopped pretending they 'know' so much,
About 'this-that-and-such'......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaaXb XccXbb bbbbXac bcbcdbXaa bdcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,7,9,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101111 011111 0101111100 001000101010001000 110110 110101111010010 001011010 11111110 01101110010001 010101101101010 001101011000100 10100010101000010 101011101010010 10101101000010 00100111101 111011010001100101 010000100010001101 1011111101 1111110 1100100100010100011 1 01 11100010111 110100100010111010 1110110010101 0101010010 11101010110010100010 001010001101000110010 10100011010100101001 1000 1111011011 1111101 1110100100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; to is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of To Appease The Giving To Another;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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