This is an analysis of the poem Fake Makers that begins with:

There are some of us who have a right to be outrageous!
And completely crazed by lives lived chasing materialistic dreams....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaac cddX X XXd bebfX bgdafa a fdebX XgbXXbXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,1,3,5,6,1,5,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110100010 10101111100100101 10001010010101001 111101 101 010100 111101101100101 11111001100 111101100111101000 111111100100 1001 1 11111011001101 111011101 11 10100 10101110 11001011101 1111 100010010011 101001010001 011001011010001 1111001 11001 10110101101 1111111101 111101001110 101001101101 1011011101001001 0101 11001010011101 101011011011010 101101001 111110010101 0100101 110 0010101101100 10001010101 01010101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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