This is an analysis of the poem The Power Of Taste that begins with:

It didn’t require great character at all
our refusal disagreement and resistance...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXccdbXeXdXXXbceff XggXfXfba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010110011 101000101010 11010101010 1101000101001 11 0111100101000 10 1101101011 010010 1111011010 10101000100 10001 1110111101 011010010010 1010010 011100001010 110011010001 1001110 10101011 110101001 11101010010 0110110111100 010 01001010010001 01010001001000100 111010100 010011010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 487
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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

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

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