This is an analysis of the poem Found Odd, Trifling And Out Of Place that begins with:

Stay perplexed and fixed,
To the politics you chose to pick....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bbc abaaca cdbXe bfdf gghddccXcgc c XADi ADa baEc Ei hcXc cfgXg cgiXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,6,5,4,11,1,4,3,4,2,4,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 001011101 0101100 101010100 00010011010 1111101 010110110 11010010001 110 010 0010111101 111101001 0111100101 10011111 010100 11001010 10101 111101 1110010 1010101 1110111 1101 01111 001011010 0111011 101110 1 11011 10001 10011 00100001 1110 110 1001 110110101 111 1001 110110101 1010110001 10111010 101010110 11010 00111010 11010 001101100 1111101010 10101010111 1100100100101 0011110101 1111 101 101011 101010111 001011001 0111110111 111 10101010100 110111111 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • 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:

    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, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, to are repeated.

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  • summary of Found Odd, Trifling And Out Of Place;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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