This is an analysis of the poem How Best To Engage Your Outrage that begins with:

I am...
Outraged....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abb cdeXd fdXagXXheh bXbbaX gcXfXdb X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,10,6,7,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 11 10 11 1001 01000 001011101 0110100111 11110 10100101 111100100 11010 11110101 110011100 0001010100 1101010111 11100110100 001010101001 1 10101010 0111101 011100 001011100101 0010101 1 01101 011 110110111 1110 11011011 01101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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 is repeated.

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

  • summary of How Best To Engage Your Outrage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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