This is an analysis of the poem People Yet Are Not Tired that begins with:

People yet are not tired...
Of doing just what they please....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbAbAXbXcb AbAcAXd AdaXAeEa AeEXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,7,8,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110 0101111 1011110 01011101 1011110 001011000 110101110 00 11 001001101 1011110 010011010 11110 001011010 11110 01010011 0111101 1011110 01001001 1111110 010101001 1011110 01 0101 00100101 1011110 01 0101 001001 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; they is repeated.

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

    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 Yet Are Not Tired;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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