This is an analysis of the poem People Of Impressions that begins with:

A wish to see him defeated,
Decreases to depletion......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX ccdeX da eedd dXeXded d ad ed fXXbeX dd XdfdeX e X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,2,4,7,1,2,2,6,2,6,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011010 0100010 111000100 10100101 0100 101101 10100010 01101010 111010100101 10100001100010 11010100 10010101101 110010111 0100110100 101000111101 100101 11101010 101010010101 101100 10110100 110001101 11101110 11110110010 101011101111 10110101 1111101 110110110 10010011 1110001 110100010 010011 1110 11010011101 0100110100111 1 1 1101000101100 111001101 00100011101 11111011110 1110101 1101000101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

  • summary of People Of Impressions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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