This is an analysis of the poem Selective Realities that begins with:

No one believes...
The blood they bleed these days...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AabaXXX caXda AcaXeeaXbX cX adXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,10,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 011111 00101 101011111 111101000 1010101 101 01111111 010 0101 11010 1001 1101 1101 10011111 101010111001 01010000100010 110101 110100101 001001001 1101100101 110101101 110100001001 0101010100100 1101 10100100110 10010001010 10100001100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

  • summary of Selective Realities;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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