This is an analysis of the poem Without A Need For Others To Interpret that begins with:

You claim to know what it is that you 'see'?
And still allow yourself to disrespect it? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XABcA XABcA adaXa X cbddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,1,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101100111 11011001010 1011101100 1 101000011011 1101100111 11011001010 1011101100 1 101000011011 10101111 1010111111 111100101 0010100111 01011100010 1011 11101 11101 1101010100001 0101001001 10100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; it, you, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The poet repeated the same word fact at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Without A Need For Others To Interpret;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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