This is an analysis of the poem Making It Real that begins with:

Making it real,
Is like a good meal......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABBA aacbA AbXba ABCBDBAB AABBAXABCBDBABABABA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,8,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001 01001 1101 0010111011 11001 1001 1101 0100 1011000101 11001 1001 0010111101 1101 00101 010101 1001 10101110 11010100 101110 101 10101 11001 10101110 1001 01001 1101 0010111011 11001 1001 10101110 11010100 101110 101 10101 11001 10101110 11001 10101110 11001 10101110 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; it is repeated.

    The author used the same word making at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines real is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word real 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 Making It Real;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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