This is an analysis of the poem In Pointless Sessions that begins with:

Excessive confessions in pointless sessions,
Constipates those listening to debates......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXabaXcbXXabcXXXdadaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001001010 1011100001 01100011000 000100111100 101001011 1001011101 1011101 101101 0101 10101010110 11000101 1111111101 11101010 010101101 0101010100101 1011101110 01101101 110101 10101000101001 11100000101010 11011111001 11011011110 01100111001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 922
  • Average number of words per stanza: 150
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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 In Pointless Sessions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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