This is an analysis of the poem Making Good that begins with:
No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success;
he may not own his roof-tree overhead,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcdddc bebecfgggf ehehabXhhb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11100100111001 1111011101 110101011100101 010010001 111101000101110 1110010001 1111010 11111010 01110010 110 11110111010001 0111010101 01010001111001 0100110001 11110101010011 1101010101 1101110 10101010 01101110 111 101110101010111 0101010101 001001101010001 0101010101 11110101010100 0100010011 11101110 11101011 01111011 110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 460
- Average number of words per stanza: 79
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; his, he, of, to, it's are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, it's are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Making Good;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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