This is an analysis of the poem Of A Much Higher 'Trip' that begins with:
A preference fixed as a choice to remain,
Glued to misguidance and delusion......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcd eXXXdcb aXcedX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001101001 101001010 0101000 1010100111 0111000 01001001110 011 10100001001011 010110110001 11011100101 01010101 101011101101 01001101011010 0101010 0101110 11010 10010010110100 001101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Of A Much Higher 'Trip';
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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