This is an analysis of the poem It Baffles Those Who Believe that begins with:
I've transcended,
My own perception of greatness....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCCD bcab eXbcfX fcgcdXhdfadXaXdXeh bdcff fhecicgi fbf ABCCDaaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,6,18,5,8,3,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010 11010010 1110 11 01 110101 011010 101000010 1011 111001 1010010000 01011111 0100010 110111 011101111 1110010010 11010101001 1010111 010100100 10111 11010111 00101010010 10101 1 11010101 01111 10101111 1010101 1111100 11100101 11010101 110111 00100100 1110011110 01001111 11100010 10111111 10101010111 111 100 10101101 1110001 10011101010 10001 11110111 1111010 1111 111010101 1010111 1010 11010010 1110 11 01 1101 11010 0110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 57
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 It Baffles Those Who Believe;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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