This is an analysis of the poem Marooned With Delusions that begins with:
They made sure James Baldwin,
Felt uncomfortable....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbd bedfa XegXf fXgda ecfXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111110 101000 101010110 110100 111101 11010 01010101 01010010101 10101001 110100010 100101 1101001 010010011 00111010 1101001 011111010001 00010000100 101110101 101011101 0100011011 110010010 110 110010011 01100101 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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, have are repeated.
The author used the same word and 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 Marooned With Delusions;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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