This is an analysis of the poem We Will Begin To Put An End To Our Cravings that begins with:

For decades we have been lied to.
And for a consciousness that is absent......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdee fgggdg ecgXfbXc gXXged ccbbhhca EXcdidXEid
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,8,6,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10111010 1101001010 010111010 0100100001 1010100100 11001101 010011101001 1000111 1101010101 1111101001010 0100101 100110010 110100101010 11011110 010011001 111011 01011 1101001 0101001111 11010101010 11110 11111 011011 10110 001011 11011101 11111111 11 10111 1 011111 111110111 10101010 110110 1110 1010 0010011101 10010111 0110110111 011111 1110 1111101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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, as, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words and, 'we' 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 We Will Begin To Put An End To Our Cravings;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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