This is an analysis of the poem Too Powerful To Extinguish that begins with:
And there they stood...
Brilliant of speech and sunlight....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbbccaXbXddXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111 1001111 1111010 1010100111 111010101 10101 10111 1110110111 10100110101 101111101 01101110 11111000010 110100 110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 475
- Average number of words per stanza: 83
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; and, of are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Too Powerful To Extinguish;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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