This is an analysis of the poem No Odd Man Out that begins with:

Wrapped and attached to other people's business they are.
Like leeches sucking on fresh meat until the juice is gone......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabX aXXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010101011 11010111010101 0110011110101001 111 1010100111110 010000100110 01010110111100 1011001101101 11100111010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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.

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

  • summary of No Odd Man Out;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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