This is an analysis of the poem Wake Up. Snap Out Of It! that begins with:

A meeting was conducted,
To reconcile from any indifferences created....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bcda XeeX dea abbXdX afX d XX c cX eaX X c agaXXbX dgb Xb Xbcfa dddX bcXhheb eghehbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,4,3,6,3,1,2,1,2,3,1,1,7,3,2,5,4,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010 010101010000010 01011011 1001001 101011010 11010100101 10 1 1011 110011 11 1111 101 010101010 101110101 10110101001 11010100110010 101001101 1101100110010 1110 101 11101 111101010 110100110000 11 1 1101100011 11 1 11011101001 1111000100 1100101001 1 110011010 11101 1 01111000 11001010 010 110011101000 1 111 110100111 11 1100 11110111 111101001 0011001 11 11101101101 111010010010 110001100111010 1101101 01001011001 1 1110 11101010 101110101 11011001101 110111 110100010010 1 110101 001100101101000 111011 11001110011010 011010010010100110 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Wake Up. Snap Out Of It!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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