This is an analysis of the poem We'Ve Paid Not To Listen To Your Opinions that begins with:

Don't be astonished you've become admonished,
By those conditioned with dispositions......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaabdaacaadbebX deX fXafbbdXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,3,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101010 1101001010 0111110001101 10101011010111 100 0010101111010100 11011110100001 101011011100111 1010011101111 1001001010 11 101000111001 10110010111010 1101110010001010 11010101010100 011010101001101 10011010 11001110001 111010111110100 1111110011001010010 1111 1010010010111 00110100111101 11111 11101001010 101 1010011001 010 110100101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 424
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; as, they, to are repeated.

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

  • summary of We'Ve Paid Not To Listen To Your Opinions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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