This is an analysis of the poem In Ways They Stay Junkies that begins with:
In ways they stay junkies,
To religious beliefs....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abcbd AaXaa AdeXeXAceab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011110 001001 110111 1111 10101001 011110 0111 10110 10010100101 11010111110101 011110 011111001 1010001 001111010 011101101001000 011110 011101 01110101 01100101 10101100100110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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 words in, to are repeated.
The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of In Ways They Stay Junkies;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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