This is an analysis of the poem People Are Attempting To Escape From Facts that begins with:

A comfort in passing judgement on others,
Has its way of returning this activity......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba cXaX cdXb ed eXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001010110 101001000100 1101010 101101010111 1101010 110110 010001000010 01 10001001111 1000111100 010111100100 01 1001111 01 10101000101 01101001010 1010010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of People Are Attempting To Escape From Facts;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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