This is an analysis of the poem Popularized To Address And Adorn that begins with:

They've been conditioned to believe,
What happens to them in their environment......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXa cdb ebXXd EBFD gcb XXXgXEBFD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,5,4,3,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010001 11000010100 00010001001010010 111010010010 1 0010 1101 11 1101111001011 0010101010111 10010 11100101010100 10111 11000101 1010000100 1001000110100 110001010 0001 0001010 11011 100101011110 01101001011101 11000100010101 10111 11000101 1010000100 1001000110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, been, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and 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 Popularized To Address And Adorn;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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