This is an analysis of the poem For Those Who Drift Just To Follow that begins with:
Soon...
Closed eyes awaken, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcXda XeeX ffcXbXdXddb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11010 111 00101110010 1111 001 1 011 101 1101 10101101 01111001 1111100101 10110111 00111010 101111 010101 1111 1111 1111 101001001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of For Those Who Drift Just To Follow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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