This is an analysis of the poem Hallucinated that begins with:

Looking for confusion.
Conflict, war and woe....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AB ccdeef dffXgghhgghffhe XfhhXeXXf ABbXhfXee AEIGAEIGhjh hJhXhJJJh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,15,9,9,11,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 10111 110 010 10110 1100100110 01010011010100 1111001001 11111101110 001111010 11011100 010001010001 00100110110 11011010101 00101110010 001001101010 00111001 11100001101 111010 0100101101 10110001010100 1101111 01011101101 111 111 10100101 1001010 0011010 110101001010 100010001010001 11100101001 1111010011101 101010 10111 11 1110100101100 10000100100100 00010001 1101010110 1101001111 01001001111 101010 00101010 001001 11101110 101010 00101010 001001 11101110 01000 11 01000 01000 111 01000 01000 111 0100011 0100011 01000
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; and, to, they, hallucinated are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words looking, hallucinated at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase hallucinated connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Hallucinated;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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