This is an analysis of the poem Paying To Keep Deranged that begins with:
I don't know what time zone you slowed down in,
Or when you decided......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXca daXd ecXfg fXfbegb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111111110 111010 1111111 111001 01001001 11100010011110101 11101010010 11101 1111101 11101 0100100100 101010101000 1 1011010100 111111101011 011101111 11111101101 110111001101 1100101 110100100 1100101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; you, and are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Paying To Keep Deranged;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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