This is an analysis of the poem Demolished From Insight that begins with:

There are places where people feed,
Upon a constant need......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbbadb XbedabXfc XXbceecX ggf ccacCHHBX cCHHBdbbaHX IiIi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,8,3,9,11,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101 010101 11101101 110001010100 100101110101 100101001001 01011 10101010 00100001 1101000001 1111 10010001010 0110101101 1101101 01101001 10100010100 101010101 01000110100 11101010101 10010001 10010011 10101001000100 00100110 11001001011010 1010100100 110101000111 11 1011010101 00100110 101110 101010 1 11010 111010 101 101 1110 11111111 11010 111010 101 101 1110 11111111 1110 1110 1 101 1010 111111 11111 111111 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; it, and, boom are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines booty, baby, it, boom are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase boom connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Demolished From Insight;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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