This is an analysis of the poem Mortified that begins with:
More people seem to fake they are mortified.
And more are faking they disbelieve, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccd eeXXbfag ahAgdd ABAIJDXABAIJDhhf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,6,16,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111101 111101001 0101 010 1110101 11010101 0110011 1101 101 01 10101010010 010 0100111 101 111101 1101 1111010 01 11001 1101 11111 1101 0101 010011 011001 1101 11111 1101 0101 010011 011001 011101 0 01110010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 is repeated.
The author used the same words more, they're 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 Mortified;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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