This is an analysis of the poem Others Who Fake It that begins with:

Needing less attention.
And confessing human sins....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdX Xeb ecfggXc fdbXXga XecaXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 1010101 0101 1101110 110010 010101 1010011 110101 001110 1011111 1111111 10011001 01101001 00111110 1011 1101 111111 100010 1110111 0100100110011 11010000100 111101 111101 1110100101 10111 0110110 11100010 1111 1100111 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; and is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Others Who Fake It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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