This is an analysis of the poem Festival Of Sickness that begins with:

People are trying to find reason,
Without the aid of reality....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccd adXecXXbaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 101100110 010100100 101010110001 101001 100010 1011001101 11000111 1110000101 110101101 01101 001001010100 10100100110100 101001010 110100100010 010101110001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Festival Of Sickness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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