This is an analysis of the poem Baffled that begins with:
There are those living
Who actually are convinced...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXab caadcadbea addeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 11000101 1110001101 1101000101010 1110110 010001001011 1101010101 1110010010 101111 01111 01000110 00100101 10111 000101100 1010101 100101001 001 1001001111001 011001101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Baffled;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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