This is an analysis of the poem Dancing With Insanity that begins with:

Intellectualizing their own defeat,
With increased double talk......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbcb Xdcdd deebXbXbb XaXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,9,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000001101 001101 101011 10110100 100101100 110100101101 11101010 111001 010111010 010111100 101011110101 11011110001 1101011 100111101000010 011110001110100 11111111110001 1001101 10100010001010 1010100100 0011 101010100101010 100110001001101010 1011010111 100111 010001101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Dancing With Insanity;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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