This is an analysis of the poem Some Folks Who Have 'Arrived' that begins with:
I too am 'degreed'.
But I don't consider myself, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXabXa cbdXe X XbdaXf XXXggcacfXa degdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,1,6,11,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 11101011 1100100 111111 01001 11011110001 011101 101110101 11111110 0101111 1001101 10101101 01011011 101111 111111100 0111101101 01110111001 10110101001 1110111 00101001 11101110100 11010101000 111010 110101 1100101111 111000111 10111000110011 0010001010 101 0111110 10101111 1 1110100 1010101 110010 00101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Some Folks Who Have 'Arrived';
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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