This is an analysis of the poem Desperate Measures that begins with:

Desperate measures taken to create motives,
For purposes to explain an absence of discipline......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXacacb XacXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 100101000110 11000011100100 101001000011101 00101001010 1100100101 110101010 1110100010 11010101001010 101010011001010 011011001101 110111110 1110010110 1100101111001 000101110001 11110111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 340
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

  • summary of Desperate Measures;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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