This is an analysis of the poem Accustomed To Critique And Darkness that begins with:

Emotional vampires,
Accustomed to critique and darkness......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBCCC Adaa cbec fbaXg eace ABBCCChXd XX f ghX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,5,4,9,2,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010 010001110 1101011011100 001010111 110101001 110101 010010 100010100 01001 1010110100 0111 11110101 101010 101100 11100110 11011 10111110 01111 10110101 111100100001 1010010 010001 0101011 010010 010001110 1101011011100 001010111 110101001 110101 01011 1 100 10101 1111 0010 1 0100100011010 0101000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • 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:

    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 emotional at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Accustomed To Critique And Darkness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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