This is an analysis of the poem We Have Condoned It All that begins with:

A revamping of stench is hard to diminish.
Urbanite blight and over populated prisons......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcX addeffd cbb ageg baaX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,3,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001001010010 1011110101010 1001111101 1010011 110111001 001010101001001 01010101010 0100010 110100100 01001001 110111101 001011010 1010111000101 11010111 0110101010101 01010110 1101111111 1111010011 10101 101001101101 0100010100110 110101 110110100 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of We Have Condoned It All;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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