This is an analysis of the poem You Deliver Great Impressions that begins with:

Feed their dreams.
Not their anxieties....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaXbbcacXXaaXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 110100 0100100 01101 1011010 10001 1000111 001010101 10010 010101 101011010 1110110 01010101 10101010 1101010 110101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 464
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; their is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of You Deliver Great Impressions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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