This is an analysis of the poem What Has Become Their Custom that begins with:

There are those who had guaranteed,
Themselves and others privately......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdae XXcadeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11111101 01110100 1111001010010 010110100 101101001010 001000010001011 10101011010101 1010100100111 1010011101110 11010010001010011 1100111101101 0010100001010100010 110010110110101 010100110011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 353
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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 What Has Become Their Custom;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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