This is an analysis of the poem Obsessed With Beyoncé that begins with:

Sanitation Department.
May I help you? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab XcadeefX gefXh XX a cXXhcXX d XXhafX gbfiXgb XX cjffaX X gekaefba X gXjj X kXibeaike
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,5,2,1,7,1,6,7,2,6,1,8,1,4,1,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010 1111 1 1101100 1010001 100100 1110111 1011 0111111010 11101 10110101001 1111101011 101101 10101110 01111011110 1 1100100 11011 11 111001010 11101111 111101 11001 1110111 101011 00011 1 0010011101 1101100101 10100 0101100101 101001111 1010110011 11010101 1101001010 10100111 1011 1 01 1 10111 1011 11110 1 1101001 1 011010010 1111 1 0100011100 11101100 101 10011111100 1 101011 11011 1 1 11101110 1111111 1111010 1 01010 11111 1 11 1111 110111 1 101010 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of Obsessed With Beyoncé;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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