This is an analysis of the poem Basket Case that begins with:
Don't fool yourself.
Those wrapped up in consequences......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbc ddabc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110 11101010 101001010 110001010 01010110 11001010010 101010 0100101 0100101 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 10
- 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:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Basket Case;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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