This is an analysis of the poem Drugged On Status And The Superficialness Of Looks that begins with:

They've accepted themselves as worthless.
Giving in to subservience, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAAB acXX XddXaXaXAAABac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001110 10000100 0100100100 10010111 1110101000001 10011001100111 0010100 1111101100 01001001111 0100101001101 010111010 10111010 11011 0100111100 110100111100100 101001110 10000100 0100100100 10010111 11111 101101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Drugged On Status And The Superficialness Of Looks;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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