This is an analysis of the poem Unaffected that begins with:
Anyone can choose to turn their backs away,
In a dismissing of truth....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXa bbaaX bbccaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011011101 0001001 100110 00101010 110100001 100101001110 01000101010010 110111001010 10001010100010 010111111110 1001010001001 11001 10100110 010001000111010 001011100 1010111100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and, to are repeated.
The author used the same word anyone 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 Unaffected;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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