This is an analysis of the poem Tyranny that begins with:
All they knew that came to them to love,
Entertained quickly to satisfy their senses....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXabcdde baXbbXfX bfXcfggegXba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110001 101100101110 1010001001 1001010100 0010100010 1110100 111101010001 00100101101001 01 11100010 01010100 1010010101101 110101011011 11110001001 1101100010 01001 101101001 1 0110010010101001 111101000 0100 101001 101001110101 01010010001 1011010 1011 00010011001000 111101011 101010001001010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 355
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 author used the same word and 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 Tyranny;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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