This is an analysis of the poem Driven To Madness that begins with:

No matter where one goes.
Or language one speaks......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcD XaXXaacaa aXDbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 11011 0101110100 001 1010000100101 0101 101010100 00111000010 10100 010 1111110100 11010010110100 11010 100101010101 001010 1001010010 0011100110010000 0101 110010 001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines possessions is repeated).

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

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

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