This is an analysis of the poem Ignited From Birth that begins with:

I live to touch the stars in the sky!
And nothing that I wish is simulated......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBC XXbcd ED EB ABCBC ED EBXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,2,2,5,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101001 11011101010 0101 11010101010 0111 01010010 01001 11010001000 001 1101011101 1101101111 1101011101 1101101011 11010001000 110101001 11011101010 0101 11010101010 0111 1101101111 1101011101 1101101011 11010001000 11 1111100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word awake 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 Ignited From Birth;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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