This is an analysis of the poem Playing Crazy that begins with:
If I had not lived my life,
To recognize early......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBCdefegfbhaBCbecafXgeg X iXiXcih X bedf XX jcicebc X XXjhbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,1,7,1,4,2,7,1,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111111 010110 01010010010 1110110001 1110111110 00010001 0111001111 1011010 01101 11010100 111100100 10111111 010110 01010010010 1101110 11010001 1100111001 10101001 01010011101 01101101 11000111 11101101 110110111011 11 101001000100 001001000111 110101101010 101100111 101000101110100 0010010101001 00101000111 111111 010 111111 1011110100100 1100011001 1 1010101 1010 1110101010110 11111001 110111101110 01001110110100 11011010 100100 101100 1 11011011 1 11 10 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, what are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Playing Crazy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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