This is an analysis of the poem Competing To Top Their Anguish that begins with:
Discouragement is so overrated!
If someone chooses to be depressed......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdadefbbcghi fagghhfhXhXaXXX XabaaXehXhXbHiHdde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,15,18,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100011010 011100001 10 1101 0100101 000101011 10101 000101101010110 1001 11111111 10110100 010 1101 1010101 110 01110010010 11100101111 000101001010101 0100110010011 010010001010111 0101010010 0101000101 01011010110 10100011 110011001 101 0101010 10110 10001001110 1011101 10001 11001111010 1 11101 01101101 110 01 0100101111 110101001101 10010101010 10111000100 11 101011010 11 11001001 1011 0100111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 492
- Average number of words per stanza: 82
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Competing To Top Their Anguish;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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