This is an analysis of the poem For Each Of You that begins with:

Be who you are and will be
learn to cherish...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdeXf ghbidj adjdhekefhjcXjhgXglc mmgi XidaXlccdkXfjjddmm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,20,4,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111100 1010 1100110111 11111010 01001111010 10111 0011 111 11110 101 110011 0110 11101101 1001110 1111101 11 10100011010 111 111 101101 011010 101 00100111010010 1011110001001010111 011010 1101010110 1101000 0010 0111101 1010010 01 01100 1011101 11011110100 1101001001 1011110 1010010001110 110 0101101111 0110 1111111 001 101010011 1111 1110100 010 10100 010 1100110 1101110 10 111101 11101 010 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word do at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase love connects the lines.

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

  • summary of For Each Of You;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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