This is an analysis of the poem Disenfranchised that begins with:

I remember as if,
Those yesterdays I lived......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDEFABGE edhbXbbcbX XbXXedebgeb X XdXX ggX iefe ABCDEFABGE XXXheiig
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,11,1,4,3,4,10,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 110111 1110111 111011001 010100 11010001 1111 01101 110001 010110101 1010010001000 001011 1101001 011101 111110 010101 001110100 10010010 011001101101 11101001 10100101 11010111011 001110100100100 11000011 110101010101 01011010 001001101001 1010100011 10100100010100010 10010110101 1110111001 111111 0111 010111 1010100111 1 101110 110 11011111 1111001 11111 1001010001 10100111 101010 110111 1110111 111011001 010100 11010001 1111 01101 110001 010110101 1 1011101000111 11111 1111010 0101101001101 01001110100 1110100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, of, to, for are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word games at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Disenfranchised;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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