This is an analysis of the poem Leave Them. Leave Them Alone that begins with:

When people are immuned,
To get a message that is coming......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAbCDEBC XBCXBC XABCXXBC FBCFBC fBCXBc FBCFBC XABCDEBCBC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,8,6,6,6,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101100 010101010 10 1001 1101000101010 101 110 01111 110101000100 110 1001 1101010001001 110 1001 1101100 010101010 110 1001 11010111 010111010 110 01111 110101110100 110 1001 110101111100 110 1001 11101010111 110 1001 11001110111 110 01001 110101110100 110 1001 110101111100 110 1001 1101100 010101010 110 1001 1101000101010 101 110 01111 110 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; leave, them are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word alone 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 Leave Them. Leave Them Alone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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