This is an analysis of the poem Wanting To Comprehend that begins with:
If many are not listening,
With a wanting to comprehend....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabccdddeadafXfXebbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011100 00100101 11011010 011101 1101000101 101111 0010010 1100 0101101001 10101 0101001001 01110101 111100 01110 010101 101 1101 010101 110011 011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 518
- Average number of words per stanza: 90
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Wanting To Comprehend;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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