This is an analysis of the poem Entertaining The Absence Of Logic that begins with:

There are still those who are amply baited,
Who remain over medicated......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAXbcXa AAXccbbXCBBBBBC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111010 101101010 001010110 1011011 00100101 00010010010 001010110010 1111111010 101101010 001010110 0100101111 01001011001 111010001 11000010001100 010010100010010 10100100101101 11010001001 10100100101101 11010001001 10100100101101 010010100010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more 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; of, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Entertaining The Absence Of Logic;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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