This is an analysis of the poem Until They Too Awaken that begins with:

So many are unconscious,
In their daily doings and deeds....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbc XeXe addX Xdccdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110 01101011 00110111 11010 11001001 0010010100 010100 101101 1111101 01110 101011110 10110001001 11110 1001110 111101111 1010010110110 0111 0100111 011001 11010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; 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 Until They Too Awaken;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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