This is an analysis of the poem Address On Madness Boulevard that begins with:
Once they have gone out of their way,
To ruin the influence and affect......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdXcaeXbXe Xdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111011 0100100101 11010 0010001 111110 01 0101011101 1111 001110100010100 1010011110 001111 0010100101010 1010111001001 111110101 11010 01111010010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of Address On Madness Boulevard;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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