This is an analysis of the poem Trying To Prevent The Advent Of Evolution that begins with:

A foolish people,
Will always seek a validation......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba X cc ccdXeXXebcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,1,2,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010 011101010 00110111100 0010010100100 00110100 1111011100 1111001100 101100100 01100100101 1001000100 010101000101 110101000110 11101 1000101101010 11011011101001 110100101101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; as, to 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 To Prevent The Advent Of Evolution;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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