This is an analysis of the poem Remember Those Who Spoke Their Minds that begins with:

The people who make claims,
They do not know what's going on today......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD EBFGH aijkfjibk ABCD EBFGH Xfekeef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,9,4,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111 1111110101 10110101 11011 101011 1010101 10010111 10011111010 11010100100 01011111 0101001 10110100 0101101001010 101010111 011110101 10110101 0010000101 10100101 010111 1111110101 10110101 11011 101011 1010101 10010111 10011111010 11010100100 1111 1100100 101000001101 1110101 110100100 0100111010 11010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 and 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 Remember Those Who Spoke Their Minds;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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