This is an analysis of the poem Mind Grinder that begins with:
I'll take a side order of paranoia,
This morning....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabbcd XbecbeXX XXfff bX XgdeX hXXg AXAh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,5,2,5,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011001010 010 11111 11001 1110110 111010101 1011001 1101111 0101 001100 11110 1101001 1011 10101010010 1110101011111 101111010101 101001001001 1101 1010101 11 111 011011010010 101110101001101 0110111101001 01001000101101 1110101011111 1110101001 1001111 1110101011011 11100111110 11011001010010 110101 11011001010010 111001111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word do is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Mind Grinder;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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