This is an analysis of the poem Without Pre-Conditions Or Pre-Requisites that begins with:

I've been sold on love.
And have experienced the many differences, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcXbd Acbced edbXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 1101000101000 01110010 1010011100 011010 1110011011 10111 010110010 10111011000 100010001010 10001000010010 011011010010 1110111111 10101 10101001 101101 01010100010 000111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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; to, it, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word i've 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 Pre-Conditions Or Pre-Requisites;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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