This is an analysis of the poem Immuned From Payback that begins with:

Who are these creatures with their minds fixed,
On obsessed importance and self-centeredness....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaacd BbeeXaaX BffdcbX aX aXXghX XahgcX XX XbXdfbdhha
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,7,2,6,6,2,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100111 101010111000 11111 01101001011 001101010011101 101001011011 110 11110 111010010 011010010111 1010001111101 011111010110 01101100101 11101011110 11111 11110 1101101 00111100011 101011110110 0011111110 1101101110 100101000010010100 101001 110111000 11 11011101101 1101001011 11011100 111 010010 1101 010100110110 110101 10101 010110 01101011 1 111100 1 10100111011 111 11111101 11 101101011 1010111100 101 010011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

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

    The author used the same word who 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 Immuned From Payback;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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