This is an analysis of the poem Who Sent You Here? that begins with:

How is one kept motivated with insight?
How is ambition initiated? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcX XX dbe XX XaXX ecX X aaXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,3,2,4,3,1,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010011 1001001010 111001011010 11010111011 111010110 10110 110011110 111101011 01 1 1 111011010101 1 111000101 11111010 11101011101 1111 11 1111 1111 10 10 1011 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 63
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

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

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, i, see, say are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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

  • summary of Who Sent You Here?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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