This is an analysis of the poem Department Of Delusions that begins with:

Shared between them...
They have BA's MA's Doctorate degrees, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abb bcXabXa bcXXbdeXX fbebfbbXdXaX Xe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,9,12,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 111110001 101010001010 111111011 1101000010 1110 11110111110 10101011 10100111 11011011 11101101110 1110101101010 1010101010 1110111010 1101010001000101 110010 1110110010010 01001 110001100011010 101011010001 10100000100010 11010011001 110010101 1010100101 1110101 11011111010 1111011010000110 111110010100 111101 1101110 0110001000111 1111011011 110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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.

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

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  • summary of Department Of Delusions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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