This is an analysis of the poem Imaginary People that begins with:

I: POET
You have escaped the comedy...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXcdeaeXfdfcdbdgcgXghiXiXdedadiddggeghcecdhhheaaaghahahjdjXaaajdad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 68,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110 11010100 01010111 11010111 01011111 10010101 11010101 11110101 11110101 11111000 000100110 11011001 111101010 11110101 01011111 10010100 11010111 110 0111010101 1101010001 1111001100 1101010101 1101010011 1100010101 11000110000 11000110001 0111010111 1111111101 0101000101 0101111011 0111110001 1111000101 1101110011 1111011111 11 11011000001 0101010001 0101010111 01001001111 1001010101 0101010101 0101010011 1101010101 1111010011 1100010101 01001000011 1101010011 1001011101 01010001001 1111110101 1101011111 111 01110101001 1101000101 1001000100 1100010011 1111010101 0111010101 11110010001 0101010011 0100111101 0101010111 1111110001 1101100101 1011010100 0111110101 1101011101 0111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2567
  • Average number of words per stanza: 438
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; you, your, and are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Imaginary People;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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