This is an analysis of the poem An Epidemic That Has Diseased that begins with:

The best way to bring an end,
To an epidemic that has diseased......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbaXccdceccf XbgX hXifc bX bibjaX X XXaagehj fdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,4,5,2,6,1,8,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110111 0110101101 1000 001010000 101100101 01010101 10101 00101001 01011 001101 10010100010 10010011 111 010101010101 1 010100 01110 001101 1 1110101 0010010 0110000 0011010 111101 1001000101 10100 1100110 01010 10111010 110001 0110101 11110110 01 1010010 110101010 101 11001010 1011010 1011101 101 111101 0110 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • 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:

    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.

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

  • summary of An Epidemic That Has Diseased;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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