This is an analysis of the poem Outrageous Allegations that begins with:
Those who take positions,
To claim to be in complete control......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXXccccdbaaXdaX X X dXcX eccXXX aX cbeaXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,1,1,4,6,2,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010 010000101 1101100100 110101 111111111 10101101 101010110 11010001 0100000110001 101011 00110101000100 101001010 001010011001 0010011001010 1101000001 11110101010 10 1010010100 1111 110101 00101 10101100100 00100010101 1 10101001 1 111011111 111111101 111011111 111101001010 101010101000 0101 100101 1001 111111011 11010111 1010101111 01111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, not are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Outrageous Allegations;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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