This is an analysis of the poem Cheever's People that begins with:

These beautifully grown men. These hungerers.
Look at them looking!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabcdXXdcecXdc XXccXcbcXfXfabea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111100 11010 1101110111 11 10101001 001001 10101010010 11010 011110101 11111 0101010111 110011 01010011001 1001 01010010011 11110 101111110 00110 01110111 1110 010011001000 10011 1001001010 1011100 1101100101 10100 1010011001 10010 101101111 01011 11101001001 10001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 501
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; in is repeated.

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

  • summary of Cheever's People;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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