This is an analysis of the poem What Fool Fuels Hate? that begins with:

What fool fuels hate?
And makes it okay......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCA ADA ABCA ADA AAeeAdba ABCA AAAABA ABCA ADA AAAABAeeaXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,3,8,4,6,4,3,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 11011 0111 10101 11101 010110 001101 11101 11011 0111 10101 11101 010110 001101 0101010110101 001011101001 110 11101 0101010110101 001110010 01 11010001 11101 11011 0111 10101 0101010110101 11101 001011101001 11101 01111101 1110001 11101 11011 0111 10101 11101 010110 001101 0101010110101 11101 001011101001 11101 01111101 1110001 1011101 100001100 001001 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; hate, to, take are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines hate is repeated).

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

  • summary of What Fool Fuels Hate?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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