This is an analysis of the poem Drastic Measures that begins with:
Drastic measures taken,
Most of the time......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC aAdaXdd dee aAdXfghi dchXhhidfa hada ABCdd gihXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,3,8,10,4,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010 1001 010001001 01111001100 01010110 11111111 101001010 110111 10100010010 1001001010 011001010101010 0010011 001000100111 01111001100 01010110 1110101 0111 010111 11100101010 01 1101 1 111001 01010001 00100111110001 1011001 0011010110111 11011 1111000111010 111011 0010011010 0 01110 11110101 010101101010100100 101010 1001 010001001 1 01000101 110 0111111001 1010001001101 101011101 001011110 111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Drastic Measures;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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