This is an analysis of the poem What Has Entered All Minds that begins with:

What has entered all minds,
To rationalize despite....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAC aXaada ccXbd ABAC aeaac X b aX e a bc ABAC aEAbAEAX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,5,4,5,1,1,2,1,1,2,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 0100101 111011 01011101 10001011010 001000101 1010100010 111101011 010001000 111101001 1110010100010 10100010101010 11011 10010100100101 01001010110 111011 0100101 111011 01011101 1001001001 01101010 11001001001 100010010010 0011010001001 11111 11 11010010100 1111111 10100101010 10000110101 1111 001110010010 111011 0100101 111011 01011101 111011 001011110 111011 01001101 111011 001011110 111011 01001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 Entered All Minds;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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