This is an analysis of the poem Know Your Dreams that begins with:

Claim you will not maim,
Those goals you have named to achieve....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBccdX EEXXddbf aaBd DDF EEDF DDC EEDFXDDCdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,4,3,4,3,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 11111001 110011010101 111010 101110 10010111 11111 111101 1111110101 101101011 11 01001 101 1111010 1 1011 11111001 01010101 1011111101 111 1111010 11111 111101 1111 1111010 1011111101 111 10011101 11111 111101 1111 1111010 1011111101 111 10011101 1111 0101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

  • summary of Know Your Dreams;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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