This is an analysis of the poem The People They Have Become that begins with:

Many with few life experiences,
May never get the opporunity to comprehend......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbbdae ccaffgfa gXhXX i a ea XajiX Xi eiaiaa kdhka XfXXXfcfaj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,5,1,1,2,5,2,6,5,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001101000 11010100000101 0110101100 10100101 00100011 110100001 01010001010 11010101 110101000111 001010111001 11000100101001 10110100101 1001110011010 1110110100100 01010001 0100101010001010 1110011 010010 111 1111111101 110111011 111111 1110011 1 10110101 1 1010101111 1111101101 1011001 110010100 10 11110111 11010111001 1101111101 10011101010 0110101 1100101100010 00101011110 1 1001111101 1010110100 10110011010 10111101110 11011100101 1101111010 11100010010101 11010110 11111 11110 01011000101 01001010 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

  • summary of The People They Have Become;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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