This is an analysis of the poem In The Hopes That Prayer Will Chase Reality Away that begins with:

The tragedy that those delusioned,
Can't seem to break away from to escape......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100111000 1101010001 0110000100 1010101110101 0001001111001 10110101110 0011101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 314
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of In The Hopes That Prayer Will Chase Reality Away;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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