This is an analysis of the poem With The Meat Of The Dirt First that begins with:

Maintaining one's privacy,
Can become for some more adventurous......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDe cafgdeXbf ABCDe XX hidag X Xhedffee XX Xihg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,5,2,5,1,8,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101100 1011110100 1010110011 011110 101011010 1111111011 11110 001101011101 00100111010 1000101011 1010000100100010 0101 110110010110 1010010110101001 0101100 1011110100 1010110011 011110 1010100111010 110110111 11111010100110 1 11110 1010110111 0111110 11001111001 110 1110 1011 01101001 111111 110101001 0010011 11001010 111 111011010 11111010 1 010 1 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; of, i are repeated.

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

  • summary of With The Meat Of The Dirt First;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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