This is an analysis of the poem Desiderata that begins with:
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdedaedadcfdghdeddhfiXabdXiXbifbdXXjjXdgdjge
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 46,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100010111 101011110010 11110001010 01010110 111100110 110010 100110100 111110 011101010 111000010 010110010 11011110 1111001011010110 01101011111 110000110111010 000101000101001 10110011001 101010100 110111011010 101011101 110110101010 010 0100111010 100100011 100101100010010 0010100101 110010000 10001000101 101010011010010 1110110011000 101110011100 01010100 010010 110100101 11101101 1101001 1101100101 1101010010101 1101101 110101100 111011011010 00100100111011 01011001101 00101001 010 10010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1790
- Average number of words per stanza: 312
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, your, of are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Desiderata;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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