This is an analysis of the poem Driven By Delusion that begins with:
Driven by delusion?
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Aa bcdbXe A dfefXe A egdcXgd cgaXg hhggcc XX Xeahcba eXa cXXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,1,6,1,7,5,6,2,7,3,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010 10111010 111110001 1111101 101000 1100101001 00100001 111101 101010 0101110010 110110101010 0011011011 1110 110110111 0111100111 101010 1101110110 110110100 0011011001 1010101101 01011001011 1010100 111 1 1110 110110001101010 110001010111 11110 11001010101 010100000101 11011010011101 01111101 1001 11001110 1 1110110101 1 0100 111010110110 01000011000111110 01111 111 110101011110 11010100 111010 1110101011 110101101110 10101 11110010111
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, by, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase delusion connects the lines.
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