This is an analysis of the poem Comprehending Your Success that begins with:

Can you accept and believe it...
The air allows a breathing to be achieved? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aB cadaX eXeabXbdX XeXcaXXeBdaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,9,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011010 01010100001 1111101 010110 110111 110101010100 11101010 1110001111 1010000010 110111001 11010000 011011 010010100 01110101 001110 11000011111 111111 1110010 001001111 0010111001 01000001 01001101010 11101101 01010100001 01010001010101 01011111001 011010 0101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; you, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to are repeated.

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

  • summary of Comprehending Your Success;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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