This is an analysis of the poem Allow Reality To Teach that begins with:

When your way of life...
No longer feels right, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBcddbcXae Xb efXXXc ABBbfX XcX eGX GbbXbgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,2,6,6,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 11011 10101111 1111 1010100 10100111 11 1001011 11001011010 1101 1010001 11001101 01111010101 010101101 110110 0010110 1100000010 11000101 101010100 11101 11011 10101111 011010001011010 11001111110 110001100011100 1101000101011000 111010101 111 11010100001 01010001 1101001101011 01010001 111101 10001 11101 10110001 1101010001 101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to are repeated.

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

  • summary of Allow Reality To Teach;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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