This is an analysis of the poem Fixed Focus that begins with:

Refuse the empathy and keep...
Those dreams you wish kept alive....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababAcddAcXeXefdf AbDD DD DGDGDD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,4,2,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010011 1111101 1 0011001 11 0011101 1011010 10101110 11 11101 01 11 1010001 111 1010001 0010111 011101 11 11110101 10101010 10100110 10101010 10100110 10110 11100110 10110 11100110 10101010 10100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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, fixed, focus, there are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines focus is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word focus 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 Fixed Focus;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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