This is an analysis of the poem Expect To Be Offended that begins with:

Everyday I am offended.
By those who are entertained, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aabc ddeXddcb Abfdabe XgXdghfhfXaab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,7,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010 1111101 111001 110010011100 101 11100011 111 1011111 1011001 0010001 1011110 11100000100 10111010 111111 1011110001 01101011 1110111 01111 01010111 1011101011100 11100101 00101011101 1110101 1101000111 1010010 00100010 110010010 1010100010 111010100001 10100010 11111110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • 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:

    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, with are repeated.

    The author used the same word everyday 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 Expect To Be Offended;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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