This is an analysis of the poem Depicted As Narcissistic that begins with:

Say what you wish,
But the business of keeping people sick......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXaXccd acXXdcdbXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 1010010101 1011100 110100001001 10101010 11010 1010 10011101 01111001010 101010 1110100111 100110011011010 001000101010110 10111100110110 101001011 111010101010 1101001010110 1101101101 10010011 11010110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 384
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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.

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  • summary of Depicted As Narcissistic;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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