This is an analysis of the poem To Chase Away Those Ills that begins with:
You've clawed your way up to the top,
To dropp the jaws of foolish people....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCB dbDeb Deb EdEc DfB ABCB DfBXDfFEDfFEDfF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,3,4,3,4,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111001 010101010 11011111 010101010 11111 11010001 10 1 110101 10 1 1100111 1100110 10100101 1100110 111100101 10 1 01010111 11111001 010101010 11011111 010101010 10 1 01010111 10 1 1010111 0101101 10 1 1010111 0101101 10 1 1010111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
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- summary of To Chase Away Those Ills;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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