This is an analysis of the poem Sentiments that begins with:

Instead of cheering those of their own,
To succeed and achieve......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXacaXXbXbcbaXXaXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101011 001101 1100100101101 101101001 110 111011010011 01011010010001010 1011110100100 0111 11010100001 1111101 1001000101 10111 111110 01110110 1010001 0101110101 100110101 10101000 110011101 011110101100 1011010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 802
  • Average number of words per stanza: 129
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; and, to are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar