This is an analysis of the poem Cancer Of The Earth that begins with:
You have to be a sad somebody...
To wake up each day and have absolutely nothing, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaBXBXcdc Xecbdcfffgbdc gXdcchhc Xecd cX XXXcee Xdeae cXdXbXcdh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,13,8,4,2,6,5,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110001110 0111111101010 1011 0010110111000 1011 0011100 101 11110000100 0010101 110110 11011 11100110101 01101 11010 10010101011 11101110101 10110001110 1101101001110 11111 010011 011101 110101 1110 011001 11110010100 010110101 01010011 11110101 1101101101 11111011001 110100100100 1 11 1 111010 11010111 1110010001 01101111101 01110110 110011 11101101 0110110010101 01101 1010001 00101110100 1110110101010 100111111 10010111 010101 010101 110101001 111101 10100111 01 000101100 1001011101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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, and, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, and, you are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase nothing connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Cancer Of The Earth;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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