This is an analysis of the poem Trying A Way To Fit In that begins with:

Every morning that I am blessed to have awakened,
I am in the classroom and prepared to be tested....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcdaXbeXfg cfaXedfh aXXhedbga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,8,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010111101010 1100111010010 10110011111 101000010010 101010 1 01011101 11110100011 00101110100 100100111 11111010 10010 110 01111001 101111001110 101001 1011101010000 1110110001011 0111011010 1010000100101101010 11011100010011011 1011010010101010100 111001010 0101100101001010 1100100010100 1111 1101011110100100010 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word and 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 Trying A Way To Fit In;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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