This is an analysis of the poem Have I Been That Crazed that begins with:

Only those who have become fed up with ignorance,
Are they who first to make attempts to quench their thirst......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX XcdXe badd aXeXXca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101110100 111101010111 00101010010010 10010 1011011010 1010101 111001010100 011001011 00101101001 01011010 0110010010100 11100010101010 101001 10100101 100110010101010 110111 010 110101011010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Have I Been That Crazed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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