This is an analysis of the poem You May Already Be Aware that begins with:

You have diseased the minds of the people,
With experimentations to them you have fed....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX bcca bX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010010 010000000111 11111010010100 1101111011 101000110 1010101 0100010001000 1101100110010 1101 1101000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • 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; you, have, that are repeated.

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

  • summary of You May Already Be Aware;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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