This is an analysis of the poem Too Painful Of An Activity that begins with:

One day people will stop,
Beating their heads up against a wall....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX b XX caXaXbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,2,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001 101110101 110111110 110100011010011 0110010100 1111001 10110010101 11011100010111 1101011 10111101010 100110100101 1000100100 00100100101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

  • summary of Too Painful Of An Activity;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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