This is an analysis of the poem Numb And Delude Me that begins with:
Numb and delude me!
Fantasize my helpless urges....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Ab Cb CddeXX Ab bfgaXb Ag ge AfgagfXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,6,2,6,2,2,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011 10111010 01 11110111 01 00111101 1111101 01010 001010 0100 11011 011011 1101001 11 110101001101 011 01 011 11011 1111 10011 11110101 11011 1110110101 101010 011111111 1111111 11 1010 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
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; me is repeated.
The author used the same word of 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 need is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word eyes at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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