This is an analysis of the poem The Sickness That Is that begins with:
People will say,
They want better education......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCCDEFC cghXhcch FCGfhfbf ABCCDEFC FCGcffhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001 11101010 110110 0111 1101110 1000000101 0010101 01010 100111001 01001 001011100 11011100 1011 0110100 0110111010 1010010101 1001 1100101010 110110101 10101 00110101 001010110001 0100010011001 1001010101101 1001 11101010 110110 0111 1101110 1000000101 0010101 01010 1001 1100101010 110110101 1101001010 01010010 01 0010000010010 10010011100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the 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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Sickness That Is;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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