This is an analysis of the poem When Disparities Are Exposed that begins with:

I am a writer.
Not a combat fighter....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbb cddXb EF cXabbg aaXbccXEFgfcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,2,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 101010 11011111 11001100101 01010101 110100011101 11011 10100101110 10110110010010 010101110001101 1101111101 1101011110100 110011010 1010011 101101010 011010101011 110111101 00111010111011 11010101010 110 11111110 1111111 010111 101010100101 1101111101 1101011110100 011101 111111001 111110001100010 11100101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, have, and, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of When Disparities Are Exposed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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