This is an analysis of the poem Diminished Sanities that begins with:

To get beyond a crisis divisive,
Takes more than old tactics used......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccd efXXeXc cfgfhcggdb XcbXadehaecXcccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,10,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0101010010 1111101 10010010 110100010001 01010101 10010100 110010 10010110 0110010101 00101101 100100101 0111010 010001101 01011101 101011110 110010100 11 01010 110011010 11101010 111111 10100010 11001010100 1101110 010101 11001001010 11101011 0010101 00101101 1111111 110100001 010001 110101 11 01010001 010000111 1101100001 00111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

  • summary of Diminished Sanities;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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