Misguided Is The Madness by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Misguided Is The Madness that begins with:

Misguided is the madness.
To insist with it persisted, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdacbecXf XaeadgXcbcagccXg baa XfeaeXcXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,16,3,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100010 00100010 010010 1101 10010 1010010 010 10100101 110010 101101 11010100 101101 111 00100 111010 01010 110 00100 110111 011010 10101101 011 01010100 0100100 0100101 1110001 111101 0110100 11 1101010 1010101 1 1110101010 1100 110101 110010 1111 0111 101000 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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.

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  • summary of Misguided Is The Madness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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