This is an analysis of the poem Monsters They've Created that begins with:

Changes in need to be made,
Are easier to say to delay them....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcde eXXeff dghge Xebha CEAAdB CEAAXB GB GBXGBBB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,5,5,6,6,2,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001 1100010010 111001 0100011100 010001 1011101100 0101110001 110111101 01001 0010010111 10010111011 1010011011 1001010001 10110111010 101010101001 1111011101 1111101110100 001000101000111 111000101 111101110 1000101010 11 001 11011010 111 11101 100101101 11 001 11011010 111 110101 100101101 1110110101 100101101 1110110101 100101101 1110110101 100101101 100101101 100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, they, every, monster, have, become are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word every is repeated.

    The author used the same words they, faked at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines become is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word become at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase running connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Monsters They've Created;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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