This is an analysis of the poem Paper Men To Air Hopes And Fears that begins with:

The first speaker said
Fear fire. Fear furnaces...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcX adce aXdb acbb aeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101 1101100 010100101 011001 010101 1101101 10101001 110110 01101 1110100 0101110 100101 01101 111101 1011 10100 01101 11101 01100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

  • summary of Paper Men To Air Hopes And Fears;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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