This is an analysis of the poem What Does It Take For Reality To Be Embraced? that begins with:

What is it that goes on in the minds of those,
Who choose an agenda......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCDcca e aXfgXaX aBCDX e ah f i jaaei hX jkgckc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,7,5,1,2,1,1,5,2,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10011100101 111010 00101110100001 10100110100 01001001110010011 1111 1110011101010 010 001011101010 0101000111 1101000100100 011111110 001000001001 10110100110100 1011011101 11100101 111010 00101110100001 10100110100 01001001 010 110100101 0110111111 0100 11101101000001 01101111101 110000001000111 1011101010 0100110010 10010110110010 1110 101011100111 101 110 1101110 0111001011101 10110010 010111101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, as, of are repeated.

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

  • summary of What Does It Take For Reality To Be Embraced?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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