This is an analysis of the poem ~2016~ (Manipulated Triumphs) that begins with:
Attitudes are switching swiftly,
From obsessions to possess......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD ADEFD ABCD ADEFD Begf BfXX Xdegfg XdXdefd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,5,4,4,6,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111010 0010001 10010 1011001001 0110100 011001000 10100010 1010101 11101 10111010 0010001 10010 1011001001 0110100 011001000 10100010 1010101 11101 0101010 1010111 1111010 101010111 0101010 0100011001 11101010 011010101 1 101010100011 0010001 1101000101010 0110010011010 101101 1010101001 1010001001 101 1010001 0010101 1011101010 11110110001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The author used the same word manipulated at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines 2016 is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase 2016 connects the lines.
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- summary of ~2016~ (Manipulated Triumphs);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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