This is an analysis of the poem Dysfunctional Minds that begins with:
How can those with dysfunctional minds,
Be determined and confirmed....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX X ba bXXX bcd XXbcaX eaXX beX dcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,2,4,3,6,4,3,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001001 0010101 11 11100110101100 110101000100010 11101 111101000 01011101 11111011110 11101001 110101010 1111011011 10100111 1 0111 10110011 111101111 1011101 11010 101110110 1011 1001110100 11010 111101 11101011111000 11011111111 101 100 100010101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 29
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not is repeated.
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