This is an analysis of the poem The Man To Be that begins with:

Some day the world will need a man of courage in a time of doubt,
And somewhere, as a little boy, that future hero plays about....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbddccaaeeccffggcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101000101 1111010111010101 0111011111000101 1101010110010101 1111111101010101 1111110110110111 1001010101110101 1101011111110011 1101000101010101 0101010111110111 1001011111010001 1001001110110111 1101010111010111 1100010111110101 1101000101010111 1111010111110101 1001111111110001 0110010110110101 0111111101010101 0101111111110111 1011010101100101 1101111101000101 1101110001010101 0101111110110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1595
  • Average number of words per stanza: 325
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 66 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 14
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, that, to, i, not are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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

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