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

The Earth and Mother Nature...
With the Sun and the Moon, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDEBFg aaXdg ABCDEBFeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111010 001101 01010101011 01000100 11011 0111010010 101101 10110001010 11111001110 110 010100 010110100 0110001010 0111010 001101 01010101011 01000100 11011 0111010010 101101 111010 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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

    The poet repeated the same word planet at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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