This is an analysis of the poem In A Boast Stayed Boosted that begins with:
Consumed,
With a self hatred....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aABCB aABCB XddCC aABCB aABCB aECC aXdaaACC AECCAECCAECC adaaA XXXXaaAaaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,4,8,12,5,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01 00110 1111 10101 0101 01 00110 1111 10101 0101 1101 010110011 1100011010 00100110100 11011110 01 00110 1111 10101 0101 01 00110 1111 10101 0101 1 0001110 1111100 11011110 11001110 11011100 0111011111 1 01 00110 00100110100 11011110 11 0001110 1111100 11011110 11 0001110 1111100 11011110 11 0001110 1111100 11011110 11011101 0111010 1 01 001110 110001010 10011010 001101 1 01 001110 1 01 001110
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 63
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; those is repeated.
The author used the same words consumed, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word doom at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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