This is an analysis of the poem With Obstacles And Criticisms Expected that begins with:

The success of my adventures,
Began when I became ignored....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDBE AcbafXg Xceg eXhaha ABCDBE habeeXX bfXXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,4,6,6,7,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101010 01110101 110100110100100 001101010 011010 0101110101 00101010 0100110100 110011101010 111101010 0101 10111100 1110101011 1111101111 1101110110 1111110111 101101 111011110101 10110010 10101 0101 1101 11010101010100 00101010 01110101 110100110100100 001101010 011010 0101110101 111001 01101101 1101010111 110101 11001 101101 11001111 1 01011 0110011 1011010 010011010 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; i, my, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, why are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, and 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 With Obstacles And Criticisms Expected;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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