This is an analysis of the poem What I'Ve Been Told To Believe that begins with:

Nothing available,
To research to probe and investigate......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaabccXX dccabeX db eXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100 0010110101 00100010 1101010 011001101000001 10100010 11001010 0100111010 0010010100 1111110 11010 11001010101 111101 01101001 1110111001 011001001010 1111110 1011111 11100111111 11100000100000 011 111001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; to, what are repeated.

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

  • summary of What I'Ve Been Told To Believe;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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