This is an analysis of the poem Guilty Of Denial that begins with:

A rising of mental sickness witnessed,
And its affiliation with kept beliefs......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDB DEFbbaa ABCDB XXXaaX bdbebbXDEFbbda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,5,6,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101010 10010100101 1101010100010 10010000010 0101010010001 001011101011 001111100100 10100110 10010101001 1111 01101001000 10100010101 0100101010 10010100101 1101010100010 10010000010 0101010010001 1010001010001 010110001 0111001000 010101010001 00101101101 00100010011100 110011001 1010111 0011010010 1101010 0010010111010011 0110101110010 001011101011 001111100100 10100110 100101001 1111011010 1010001010010 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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, of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word a 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 Guilty Of Denial;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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