This is an analysis of the poem Panic Antidotes that begins with:

Many have awaited too late,
To numb a pain that begins to ache....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaA CCXa CDEFgXabg CCAA CDEFAAXbaAab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,4,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101011 010110101 1010101010 10101001001 101000110 0010101 110101 10111 0101101 10001 11010100 100111 1101011101 011001 1111011 11000101 1110101 101000110 0010101 11010101010 10101001001 0101101 10001 11010100 100111 11010101010 10101001001 01011001010 11010101010 10101001001 11010001110101 011111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, can are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nothing is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word impact 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 Panic Antidotes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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