This is an analysis of the poem Overheard Complaining that begins with:
Campaigning to prove,
Someone else is crazed......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbcX aaXcbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001 11101 1110001 1101000010 1101001101010 01001000111 10100001101010 1101 010010010100 11101010 11101010 0100100010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Overheard Complaining;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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