This is an analysis of the poem Drugged On Myths, Symbols And Image that begins with:

Marketed fantasy based realities,
Sold to increase a depleted thought process......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcccac dbddXXcbXX eXfXXX XXdfd XX cXbe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,6,5,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010010100 10010010111 1001101010 100100010010110 10100101010101 010001011001 010101010 0101001010101 101111101001 11001100101 1101010110 111010001011 11110110001 1010010110 01010101010001 0110110110101 110110100010110 0010100100100110011 1110 1101 111 101101 11010110 100101100111 1 0100100111 1100 11111 110101111 10 0111 1 1101101001 0010010001010 0010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, too are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase delusions connects the lines.

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