This is an analysis of the poem Addictive Personalities that begins with:

All that 'is'
Will change....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa ABBBCDEefg X gXXf ABBBCDEX X gXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,1,4,8,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 01 111 01 1101 10010100010 101111 11010101 0110101011101 1111000100010 01011 111101110101 1111010100110 11 111010110 11011 111010110101 110101 10111 1101 10010100010 101111 11010101 0110101011101 1111000100010 01011 11 110101 11111 11110 11101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; you is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Addictive Personalities;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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