This is an analysis of the poem Extremist that begins with:
Daddy?
'Yes son.'...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a X bc X XcdcX efdgeX hcgg XihjhX e ikjckd d jdXegidhje e dclX jj X j X c kX a XgjXX Xf XieX ab XllgXXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,2,1,5,6,4,6,1,6,1,10,1,4,2,1,1,1,1,2,1,5,2,4,2,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10 11 0111101111 111010011 11 1 01010101100100 101 1110010 11100 1011101101 01110010110110 0001111 111011 101001 101101010 1 111100 111011011 11110 1 1111011 1010111 11101010010 1111001010111 101101101 11101 1011 011110111101 111 1011110 111110010011 1110010101 10101101 11101111 111101 11011111 111001011101 11110101011 1110111111 0101 1111011 011111011011 11010111111 111001 11111 11011101 10101110 1101 100 101 11 1 1010111101 1010100 110010 0110010110010 11100110 1 11111011 10010 100110101010 100110101010 1 1001010 100 1 11110101 001101010010 10 10111 1 1110 101111110 10101110101 1101 0100101 10
- Amount of stanzas: 27
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 78
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, you, that, part, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, part, daddy are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase daddy connects the lines.
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- summary of Extremist;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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