This is an analysis of the poem We Are Related that begins with:

Drop your biasness,
With this to exist....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAbCXab cdbeXX FDggfXXhFdec aaXaFDgd XAbChFccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,12,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 00001 0 101010 10101010 001001001 101000 11101 010101 0 101110 1111001 01000101 11 0100110011 100101110 101001010 111 101000101 01101101 101011110001 111 1010101 01110111010 0101101110 1001101 1 1100 110011010 11 0100110011 001010110 111000001 1110 00001 0 101010 1010100 111 1101111111 01011 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.

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

  • summary of We Are Related;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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