This is an analysis of the poem Entrenched In Denial that begins with:

More interesting these days,
Are those who have chosen......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcdcaXc ABacddXXa eXedeXcbceac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100011 111110 0101001 11010101001 01011 001001101010010 01001010100 01110011001 1100011 111110 010101010111 100010010100 10110110101 100100010001 1100100 00111110010 0010011010010 1 1100110010010 111010000001 101110010101 10100100100001 000100101001000 01111010101 01101100111 101110010 10011110001 10101010101 0100111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 394
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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 author used the same word more at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Entrenched In Denial;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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