This is an analysis of the poem The Needs Of All People that begins with:

If the needs of all people,
Had with persistence been a promise met......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbbacadXcee XdX bX fXfcdXddfgXgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,3,2,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010110 1001000101 001001001010111 1101100110001 1 010110 001010111 10111010 0101110 00101100 1101001111 10011000 011010101100 101111 111010101011 110010011000 1 1011 101111 1110101001 10111111 11001101010 111011 10100010 1111 01010101 11011 1111111 111001 01000011010 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

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

  • summary of The Needs Of All People;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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