This is an analysis of the poem Chasing Their Dreams that begins with:
No one or anyone prevented them,
From chasing their dreams......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcDcD bXaXbbebcDcd bBcDXd fghghefb cABcDcD cABcDcD eeABcDcDXeeBabdaaBcDcD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,12,6,8,7,7,22,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111000100 01011 1 111 1 111 11100101001 11011 01010010 01000 101001011 0 111101101 110101 1 111 1 110011 111101110 1011 1 111 01 111 110111010 101 1101101010 011 0100011110110 1 110101 1011 1 1111000100 01011 1 111 1 111 1 1111000100 01011 1 111 1 111 101010001 1 1111000100 01011 1 111 1 111 01010001 1 1011 10 1101 1 111010 0 1011 1 111 1 111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 67
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; no, one are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.
The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word could at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase no connects the lines.
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- summary of Chasing Their Dreams;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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