This is an analysis of the poem People Want Truth that begins with:
People want more than they have,
Of what it is they're given....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABA CddeXdX ABA ddddedf CddCdDCdfdXCdDCdDCdD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,3,7,20,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011111 0100110 1101010111 1011 1 11011 1 1011 1 01111 1011111 0100110 1101010111 1011001 111 1101010 101000 1011110 11101 1111011111 1011 1 0101010111 1011 1 111000101 1011 1 101001011 00100101001 1011 1 111000101 1011 1 111000101 1011 1 111000101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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, want are repeated.
The author used the same word people 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 Want Truth;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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