This is an analysis of the poem Critical Mass that begins with:
No confession?
Mental anguish you will possess....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDE bede fcfeeeac ABCDE eaeebXca de XcaeXeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,8,5,8,2,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010 10101001 1101 0111 001001 1010101 0100011001 0100100111 010001 110110010 010111 110100101010 1001 1101 101010001 111011 101001 1010 10101001 1101 0111 001001 01001101 111101 1111 001001 1100010 1111011 11100010 11101100 001000111 010111101 010 101001 001010 1111101 10101 100 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word all is repeated.
The author used the same word no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Critical Mass;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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