This is an analysis of the poem Miracles Can And Will Happen that begins with:

You aint the only one around here that don't get it!
It can be staring you in the face, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXAaA abcXcaXXdXbc dX X X XXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,12,2,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010111110 010101001 111110 01010111 111110 110 110010 011101 11011 10011101 001 10 11 10111101 01 11110 101001 11100010 111011101 111011101 111011101 111 1010011110 10011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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, you, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word 'i 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 it, ' are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Miracles Can And Will Happen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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