This is an analysis of the poem Too Much Is Expected that begins with:
No one...
Given life to breathe, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXbXX AcXabb Xbddee ccXcaac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 10101 010011 100010 101001 11 10010 01111 01100101 1001 11011101 111001111 100110 0100100 11010000 01010010101 10101000101 110010 01110010 1111111100 1110100110001 0110010 0010011101 1101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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; too is repeated.
The author used the same word no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Too Much Is Expected;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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