This is an analysis of the poem What Right Do You Have To Change? that begins with:

When someone is fed to adapt,
To deceptions and lies told....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbccXadaXXXa XX bdc XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,2,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101001 0010111 1111 10100011 100011111 001011 01110100 10001011001 101 01001111 11110 110100 1011010101 1 111100110100 1 111 10100111 111111 11111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

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

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

  • summary of What Right Do You Have To Change?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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