This is an analysis of the poem Obsessed that begins with:
Even if you are in it to win,
Or sitting on the sidelines cheering......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abCdeafaghCXadaeeiXdXeXcgcddeadbjedekdekdahfjagbgieXj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 53,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100110001 110101110 0111011 100101010 11010001101 11 001011111 0111 1101010111 10 0111011 10111 10101010 110101 010111010 01001110011010 10100101 1010100 11011 110 111110111 101110101010 101 011111011 011110011 010101001001001 0101101001000 11010100110 11 10010101010 101001011 1101110 11010011011010 10011011 010101010001 100011101 01111100011 11001 1011 101 1011001010010 1011010111 1100010100 10101101 1010010 11101001 110101011 00101 11011010111 010 1101001100 11000 10101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1744
- Average number of words per stanza: 308
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an is repeated.
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- summary of Obsessed;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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