This is an analysis of the poem What Is Due Is Owed that begins with:

Those choosing to calculate their wickedness,
Are the last to consider......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcXccX XddXX de afX ag bbgfebabdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,2,3,2,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001011100 1010010 0111101000 11011 1101010101001 1101101110 100001010011 0101101 01001001000 11 1 11111 0111101010 11111 111 1101101 110010 101 11100111 1 111011001 111010011 110 11011101 011 1 011 11110101 11 01111101 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • 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 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 is repeated.

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

  • summary of What Is Due Is Owed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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