This is an analysis of the poem Damaging Tongues that begins with:
Pursuing as has been done...
A delight they have taken in destruction....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aababXXX cXcXdede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101101 00111100010 1101101 1000101000111 011001 1010110100 1111101011 0110010 100100110010 101101010100011 01100010 11010100101 1101011001010101 111011011101 1011011 00010111000100100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 335
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 Damaging Tongues;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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