This is an analysis of the poem When Obstacles Are Identified that begins with:

When obstacles are identified in your life...
There is no need to keep them around as souvenirs....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABbCdeeXee ABbeeACdff Xf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010101011 1011010011101 11100 1100 1011101100 1011011111 101011011 011 1010101 111010001 110010101011 1011010011101 1101011 110111101 0111001111 110010101011 1100 0100010100 0111000101 111 110 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word sad 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 When Obstacles Are Identified;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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