This is an analysis of the poem Dead Minds Confined that begins with:

Ignorance to have it pleasured,
Has fed enough to those served....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaa bacdd aedfgg acXda haiiaa jX Xdd jX Xhaa eeX Xf bXX kg X ggaXki
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,6,5,6,2,3,2,4,3,2,3,2,1,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010100 1101011 010010001 01 000101001 101110 101111 1100011 11010101 011010 0111 100100001100 011001 0100111 1100101 11111 0100011111 1110001 1010101 100011001 01101 1010110 111110 1010111111 00101111101 1011 100101 11101 111011 1011011 1101 11100111 101000110 1111101 111 110111101 111100110 11111010 01000 11101 101000 11111 110100111 01111010 1 1110 1011 00111 1110100101 11101 1110 111101011 0110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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  • summary of Dead Minds Confined;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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