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

Do you read and leave,
Without feeling the content? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: AB CB bddb ebXbb dXXeb AB CBXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,4,5,5,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 0110010 1101010 10111 1111101 100101 11011010 011001 10010101010 001 1010101 001 101 1011010 01011101 10000100100 0010001010100 00101101 11111 0110010 1101010 10111 01101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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