This is an analysis of the poem Felt To Feel By Everyone that begins with:

No one can keep pretending,
What they could have been......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcXX ccbXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 11110 1110001000 0110101 010 10101010101100 11011001101 011101000100001 110101 1100100101 100101110111 10100100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word no 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 Felt To Feel By Everyone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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