This is an analysis of the poem The Difference Made that begins with:
People will come,
To make a difference....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCBDED ABCBDED FGhgiX fGhcg ABCBDED FGfgXXABCBDEDigce
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,6,5,7,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001 010100 11 010100 00 01001 0011111 1001 010100 11 010100 00 01001 0011111 1101001 011101 100101 010101 01010100001 101010100 1101001 011101 0010101 01111001 001000101 1001 010100 11 010100 00 01001 0011111 1101001 011101 1011101 10101 10101000101 1001 010100 11 010100 00 01001 0011111 0100010 110001 111101 0011001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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 to is repeated.
The author used the same word people at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word way at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Difference Made;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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