This is an analysis of the poem Without Faking It that begins with:

Many have awakened too late to realize,
A wasting of a life done to prioritize......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXabcb bdedaXfX ggXfa geabdhdc adhXadh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,5,8,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010110101 010001100101 100100110 000100101 10010101 110110011010 110101 101001111 1101010 1111001110 1101100 101100 011011000 100111101 01111010 101101000 101 11101010101 011010 1010001010 1010100111010 01 11110010100 0111100111 100011011100 1100101010 101110011001 010111 01010101 11101 1101011010 001001101 10100100 011011 11111011 001111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Without Faking It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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