This is an analysis of the poem Where Is The Benefit Given that begins with:

There is no vegetation,
And the water they bathe...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcaaXdcceXfagXXdeXdbcffgXXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 101011 11010 1101001 1101010 101100011010 01101000 0001111011 101011011 11 111100 111010 1111010 110 1110 11100101 10000101000101 11110 1111 01001110 101011 1 110 110100110 11001010010 11110 101 1 110010010 1010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 799
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

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

    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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

  • summary of Where Is The Benefit Given;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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