This is an analysis of the poem Caught Up In A Mess that begins with:

What amazes is the feeding of the greed.
And the heat from the people raging, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACADE FABACADE FAFAFgb FAFAFGH ABACADE Fcca FAFAFGH FiFaFXiXFABACADE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,7,7,7,4,7,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100010001 101001010 10110110 11 1010101001 11111001 1011010 11 10100010001 101001010 10110110 11 1010101001 11111001 1011010 11 10010 11 11010 11 00101 0111010 11 10010 11 11010 11 0101 10100100 10100010001 101001010 10110110 11 1010101001 11111001 1011010 11 1100101011 111101 01101110 11 10010 11 11010 11 0101 10100100 11 01010 11 1111 11 01110 01101 11 10100010001 101001010 10110110 11 1010101001 11111001 1011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; well is repeated.

    The author used the same word well at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word effective at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Caught Up In A Mess;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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