This is an analysis of the poem Over Dramatized that begins with:

Protecting ongoing theft and pretentions kept,
To legitimize decepting claims of ownership......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXcdedXffXbeegh XaeX hXe eebdeeXc c eXgijcjihaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,4,3,8,1,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010110111001 0010110010101 0010101 100100110011000 0101001010110100 110110010000 11101110010 0100101 01100010101 100101010 010111110 11101000101 10111011101 11100100011000100 11001001101010 1110100010101 11010101010110100 100101 1111010010 11110100 0100111 1110101110 101110 1100100 10100 101001011 100111 001100100 111001101101 101010011 10111000101 010010100100 11110100 1100 1101 11 0101001 01111010 11000 111101010 1010100100010 11101011 11101001 10010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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, of, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.

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  • summary of Over Dramatized;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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