This is an analysis of the poem The Recalcitrants that begins with:

Let us off and search, and find a place
Where yours and mine can be natural lives,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaa cddcc beeXb fccff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111101 1111101001 111110111 10111001001 1010011101 111011111 101101001 1111101001 1110110101 11010101 10101110111 101011110 11100101010 11101101010 10101110101 1111010101 11101011110 1101011110 011111101 111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, he are repeated.

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

  • summary of The Recalcitrants;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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