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

Where is the excellence.
Owed with a showing of appreciation, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbbXXXac deecdfdXfd cAfXbddXdXdXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,10,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100 10010001010 01110 1110101 01001010 100 01 11010100 1010001101 100100010 1011101 0101001 101 1001101 10101001 1101010 001 110010100100 11100001 1 100100 010010001 11100010 11111110 1 11010001 111011 011001 0011000100 0010110 1101010100 00101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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 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; to is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word where 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 Where Is The Excellence;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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