This is an analysis of the poem Fighting To Struggle Against The Grain that begins with:
We all must come to learn,
We will and can make adjustments....
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: abcdbef GdGbfGcXbecX dbhijeXA JhbJggXiXeAh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,12,8,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111101 10111010 110101 1010001001000100 0100010001001 11110101 1110010010010 100101 11101010100110 100101 111101 01001011 100101 010100 0011000101 10100010000 11101110001 0111 0111100010 11100011111010 100100 011110010010111 1 1010101001 10101111001 1101111 100100101 10101110101 1001010100 01001010010101001 10101110101 1001010101001 1 0110111 10101001001 1 100100101 0110010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 273
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Fighting To Struggle Against The Grain;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Is It Hard
- Analysis of All Day And Most Of The Night
- Analysis of Get Off The Dance Floor
