This is an analysis of the poem Those With Goals Know that begins with:
If one's only ambition,
Is to go to college......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdaee dafed dXfghX cghfffXXXe IdIbad IaIcfaaff IXhe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,6,10,6,9,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110010 001010 10111001 1101111010 1111001 1110010 0010001001 01 00010 101001 11010 10101001001 01 0111010 00111001 111001101 011001101 010011 110 00110100101 1011010111 001111 1110011011 01001 00100100111101 111001 00100110010 110111001 11011 010100101 11011 00100001110 01001 01011101 1011 10010010100 11011 0101000100 10010010101 01111010 101100 111101 010101 1011 101000010 1101000 0010011101001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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 a is repeated.
The author used the same words perhaps, those 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 Those With Goals Know;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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