This is an analysis of the poem Unchanging To Exchange Blame that begins with:

We go through our struggles.
Conflicts....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbAXbXb ACADXbefd ACADdfeXe XdgdgdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,9,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 10 11 111110 0101100 001 0101100 111101001 111110 1001010 111110 1001010 11 101 0100011 11010101 0010111001 111110 1001010 111110 1001010 011111001 1111 10100011 1111 010111101 1100110111 101001 010011001000010 10010101011 01010 10101000010010 010111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • 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; to, we are repeated.

    The author used the same word we 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 Unchanging To Exchange Blame;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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