This is an analysis of the poem The Fury Of Abandonment that begins with:

Someone lives in a cave
eating his toes,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abCXdXCeddc fbXadbghh XbdXihjhfj eigei Xi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,9,10,5,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001 1001 1111 111011001 101101010101 0101010 1111 01010111 101000100 1011 1111 111001 01001 1001010010 11 110 1001010101 01001000010 101111 01101 1001011 10011 01111 111101 111011 11 1011110 1110101 101010010 10 0111 0101000010 01111010011110 111111 1111001 0100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; of is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of The Fury Of Abandonment;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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