This is an analysis of the poem Without Feeling Guilt Or Appalled At All that begins with:

It's just so sad...
To think that people don't get a bite to eat....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACDE addab AbXdffd GGGG ABACDE HGAHGAHGA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,7,4,6,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111 01110110101 10111 1101001011101 11101 1100110101 10111 0101111010 1111111110 10100100101 110011001101 0111 0101010011 1111001011 1111110010100 1101010 0100110 11010111 101010101 0110110111 101010101 0110110111 0111 01110110101 10111 1101001011101 11101 1100110101 011 101010101 01101101 011 101010101 01101101 011 101010101 01101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word it's 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 Without Feeling Guilt Or Appalled At All;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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