This is an analysis of the poem Getting Something Wanted that begins with:

People deep with choices to stay asleep,
But hoping with a wishing for their dreams to reach......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcXcDeXeDfe ABffeXDfXffee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100101 110001011101 1101000101010 110111 0101010101001 11 0010 11101101001 111101000001 11 11010101 0101111101011 1010100101 110001011101 1001010 1110110 111101 011101 11 01010101 1010111 0101110 1110000101 100001 11101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 437
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, that, they are repeated.

    The author used the same word people 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 Getting Something Wanted;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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