This is an analysis of the poem Outsourced that begins with:
Outsourced...
Is the moist I knew....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaCaDEBF GHIg Xggecb JJJ jJX GHIX kB aBaCaDEBF kkB kXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,6,3,3,4,2,9,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 00111 11 01111 11 01111 11 111 01111 11101 0100 10101 100010111 110010 111 1101 1101 11011 111 11 111 11 11 111 11 11101 0100 10101 111 1101110 11 11 00111 11 01111 11 01111 11 111 01111 11011 010 11 11111 01011 0
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 76
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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; and, la, ooo, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words la, i are repeated.
The author used the same words and, la 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 la is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase la connects the lines.
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- summary of Outsourced;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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