This is an analysis of the poem For All The Wrong Reasons that begins with:

We are here...
To shed this awareness, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcddeX XbfdfdXec cdcdagg deXXXfgd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,7,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 010010 101101010 01 11101111 111010001 110100110111 11011 111 10001000100110100 10110010 110010 001111010010 1010 11110101 10001001 1111001 0101011010 011001 01001101 0100010010101 1001100101 1010101 10100011100010 10101111101 101001010011 010110010 011010 100111010 11101 110110 001010 011001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and, to are repeated.

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

  • summary of For All The Wrong Reasons;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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