This is an analysis of the poem The Addict that begins with:
Sleepmonger,
deathmonger,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabcdeaff fgehbX aafigjha fgbfikX gfgXabaaXXdba cabXjhb bigXkX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,8,7,13,7,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100 100 01001111 1101011010010 11010101110 00100010 011011001 11110111 1111 1 111111001 010010 0101001 011010110 100101101101 0101001 1101 011000010010 111011001 101101010 0110111 00101000100 10 10 101 010 11011010 11011111 001010 00101111101 011 1 11 01110101 101001000 100001110 1010111111 1101110111 1111101101 001010101101 10111001 100101010 010101 101100 001010 1110101 0101 0101001011 1111001 1111110 101010110010 1011100 011110 111111 1111 1011 101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 57
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i'm, of, in, it's, two are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i'm, it's, and, now are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines why is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase why connects the lines.
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- summary of The Addict;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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