This is an analysis of the poem Paralyzed And Iced that begins with:
What's frivolous sticks.
What's serious......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAAbXbC DACE dBBE dffb AAAbXbC DACE dBBE dbdBdCdbdBdCdbgXdGdG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,4,4,7,4,4,20,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001 1100 0101 01 00100 01 11 11010 11001010 101010111 10111 010 1010101111 101010101010 00111001 010 11101010 11101010 1110001 11001 1100 0101 01 00100 01 11 11010 11001010 101010111 10111 010 1010101111 101010101010 00111001 010 0110111 010 101101 010 110101 010 1101 010 101101 010 110101 010 0101 11 010 10111 010 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (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; no, one, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what's, accusations, no are repeated.
The author used the same word divisive at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word iced at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Paralyzed And Iced;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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