This is an analysis of the poem In Real Time that begins with:

When dumb ideas become dumb to the ones,
Who discover ideals held stubbornly......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDABDADefgf cXGafXXbffcXXfXABCDABDADefbG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011001 1010011100 010101011 1010001000 011010110 1010100100 11010 0010110001 1010101001 1 110010 001010101011 011010 10111000101 001 011 1110 11101 1100010 0100010001 10110010100 010001 0111011010 001001010 111010011101 111011101 01010100101 11010011001 1010011100 010101011 1010001000 011010110 1010100100 11010 0010110001 1010101001 1 110101110 1010010010100 011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 439
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

  • summary of In Real Time;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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