This is an analysis of the poem To Compare that begins with:
Too many seek to be impressed,
By those wishing to impress......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcaXda ABaXeXa fCgeCb gAHIAa gAHIAB ABXXfCce aadg AHIXc gAHIABXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,6,6,6,8,4,5,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010001 1110001 001 1010100001 0101010 011110 101 11010001 1110111 1001101 110000100 1 10100010 00110101 1 1101111001 011100101 1 1101111001 00100101 010 1010111 001 01010111 00100111 10110101 010 1010111 001 01010111 00100111 10110111 11010001 1110111 1001110000 110000100 1 1101111001 1000111001 01011010 1 10101001 1110111010 1010010010 1010111 001 01010111 00100111 10111101 010 1010111 001 01010111 00100111 10110111 1111 11001 11010010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 58
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.
The author used the same words too, exceptions at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase know connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of To Compare;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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