This is an analysis of the poem Remaining True that begins with:

When you can show to me,
You can be respectful with discipline......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcDEEfG Ehhcfhee ABcDEEfG aiia
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 1100100100 1 10100 1101 1100101001 1 011101 1101 101010010001 11111100010001 1 111 11111 10101 01 111101 1100100100 1 10100 1101 1100101001 1 011101 1111001 101010100 01011 11111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word when 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 Remaining True;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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