This is an analysis of the poem Firewalkers that begins with:

Maari had a one-point goal. Maari had a manic soul.
Maari made her men wage war, with her rapist's blood, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaX XbaccXacXXb X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,11,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101111010101 101011100101 01011111 111011000101 10100110 111011001010 1010101011 01110110101 10110111 1010110001 100101001011 111011 10111001 0110101101 10110100010010 101001 11110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; maari, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words maari, here are repeated.

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

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

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