This is an analysis of the poem Lifted To A Fever Pitch that begins with:

The sickness is being lifted to a fever pitch.
With none of it regarded as sensible, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXa aaaabaX XcXc XXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101000101 01000101100 010101 11010100 11001101010 1111011 010111 1111010 110001101 1101001010 10101 001010101 00101 10101011 101110010 1 100101011000 001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Lifted To A Fever Pitch;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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