This is an analysis of the poem Unload The Excess Baggage that begins with:

I am not the one,
To walk around validating......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC adX eafecc cdedc gg ABC aXX ecXXXgf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,6,5,2,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 01011010 100110110 111010101 1010010 010110110 11111 1101010 1101001 111111011 111111 101101110011 111111 1001010111 1111101 0110001010 011100101 110101 1111 11101 01011010 100110110 11101 1001101 1011101 1111 1110 1101010111 101111 10101110 010111010 1100100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word i 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 Unload The Excess Baggage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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