This is an analysis of the poem Real Help that begins with:

If you can smooth his path a bit,
Bring laughter to his worried face, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdeeD fgfgccdhhdXhchcccdbbD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 11000101 01010101 11110101 01111101 11010101 110101 11111101 11011101 110101 01110101 01110101 11011111 11010101 01101111 11010101 111101 10111011 11010101 1101001 01010011 01011111 01000110 11010101 11010111 01011101 111101 01110101 11000101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 344
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; his, and, you are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word bier at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Real Help;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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