This is an analysis of the poem For The Sake Of Saving Themselves that begins with:

When a people find justification,
To do what they please......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcXbbX ccXbac dedX Xccabff bcebcfccXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,4,7,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110010 01111 1 1 11111 0100 101010 0100111 101001 1101010 1010 0010001 0100101 111010 00101101 1100010010 01011 100100010 1100011010 1110110 1101001 110001 1101010 10101001 00111 110111 0100101 1101001 1101101 10011 0101001010 01100101 1001 110111 11111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

    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; those is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word those is 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 For The Sake Of Saving Themselves;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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