This is an analysis of the poem Impairments that begins with:

People do themselves the injustice,
When they perceive with belief......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXac dba XdcXcXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,3,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010010 1101001 11010100010 1 1111111001 010101011 010010101010 01101 11110100 101010100 001000110 001001000101 01101000101 110011111100 0101011110 01001000110100 00101000101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Impairments;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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