This is an analysis of the poem Whatever Initiates Your Motivation that begins with:

What is wrong with you?
You have just been slandered....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbc deXX d XfdbX eae ffX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,1,5,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 111010 1011010 110001001010 111111 11 1111101101 01001001101 000101010110 1111 11101 10111100111010 1010101101 111101111 10010101 1 1111111 011101 100010011010 1100101111 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 Whatever Initiates Your Motivation;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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