This is an analysis of the poem Use My Frustration As A Means For Your Motivation that begins with:

We seem to always seek that need,
To find a comfort feeding to please....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcac DDEEDXCC bafXaaXfa DDEEDXCC DDXXbXDDdXX dX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,9,8,11,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 010101001 1010101 10010 110111 11010 101111010 111111 010111 11010 011001100 11101001 1010011 110110101 11011111 11010111 001010100 10010111 010110101 101010100 01011 01111101 11010 101111010 111111 010111 11010 011001100 11101001 1010011 11010 101111010 1110100101 11011110 110000 0101 11010 101111010 0111111011 111110101 10010110111 1011111 10101100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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 is repeated.

    The author used the same word use at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Use My Frustration As A Means For Your Motivation;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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