This is an analysis of the poem Grew To Believe that begins with:

I did not awaken with dreams to write.
Or decide I was creative....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACcb Ddda DaXd eeFdEe EeFdEeB ABACaEeFdEeB EeFXEeB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,6,7,12,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100101 10111010 10101110010 010111 0100111111 10111101 110110010001 1010011 1110010 111010001010 110110010001 0100010101 0010010 1011111000100 10100010111 1 0101 1 0100010111 1 0100010111 1 0101 1 0100010111 1 001 1010100101 10111010 10101110010 010111 1 0100010111 1 0101 1 0100010111 1 001 0100010111 1 0101 0100010111 1 001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The author used the same words few, a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The poet repeated the same word believe 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 Grew To Believe;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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