This is an analysis of the poem Detailed To Perfection that begins with:

Overwhelmed, underpaid and married,
To someone who perceives......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXbbXacXXXbbcddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101110 011101 10101010101 100100100111 00110101011010 10001111010110 101010010010101 1110100010 0101 1 10010011010100101 001110100101010 1110100100111100 11110010011110 1101010010010 1110110111 0010100101 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 767
  • Average number of words per stanza: 126
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

  • summary of Detailed To Perfection;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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