This is an analysis of the poem People With Wishes And Dreams that begins with:

Everyday people awaken,
To make their choices....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcDBeCBfCEeBGCBGCBGC ABcDBeCBfCEeBGCBGCBGC HcHgHH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,21,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110010 01110 1 1011101 01110 1 10110101 01110 0 0111010 101 1 1001011 1100100 0101 1001011 1100100 0101 1001011 1100100 0101 10110010 01110 1 1011101 01110 1 10110101 01110 0 0111010 101 1 1001011 1100100 0101 1001011 1100100 0101 1001011 1100100 0101 11111101101 100101 11111101101 1000100 11111101101 11111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 387
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; them, one, should, keep, all, their, wishes, and, dreams, alive are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word everyday 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 alive is repeated).

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

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

  • summary of People With Wishes And Dreams;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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