This is an analysis of the poem When They Have that begins with:
When they have...
They care less who has not....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXb aXcdbd aXecfXef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 111111 111 1101 1111111 11100 11010110 1010010111101 1110 10110 01101001 1001010 10 010100001010 01 0111010 11101 101011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; they is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase is connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of When They Have;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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- Analysis of Acknowledged Appreciation
