This is an analysis of the poem Why Would I Seek Limits? that begins with:
I'm a mammal not to be seen on a mantel like a candle,
With a flicker to blow out....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcDEXeFgEFgbXB FgEFgBXABcDEFgBb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,16,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010100110101010 0010011 1 1011001 00101 1101010 1110101 11 1 111110 11 1 1100100011101 1 1100100011101 11 1 111110 11 1 1100100011101 0010100110101010 0010011 1 1011001 00101 11 1 1100100011101 111011100101001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 repeated the same word restrict at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Why Would I Seek Limits?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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