This is an analysis of the poem Wide And Unapologetically Grounded that begins with:

All their lives,
They had spent in the pursuit of things....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb acXde faaXX bdXedeaccg gggXXXXXfca Xac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,10,11,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 111000101 11011100100 110 01100101 00101000010 101 11101 0101000111 1111010110 010 0100110101010100 111001 11001001100 0011100 0100001 1010100 0111 1101000101 0100101 10100100 11011 110101 1001101 010010 1111001 01110010 1100010 10011 11110100 10011001010 01111010 11101001100 10101010 111101011 1110 110011 111000000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

  • summary of Wide And Unapologetically Grounded;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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