This is an analysis of the poem Pre-Medicated that begins with:
Looking around and observing those once inflated,
By temptations that elated....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABAABCbBADB ABEFGHIH AjXkikkdgjldldd ABEFGHIH jaXabaah Aaafabca AABAABCbBADB faXijAb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,8,15,8,8,8,12,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001101011010 10101010 11101000111 11010101 0100011101011 0100101 1110101 11 1010101001 110 01111101011 100101001 11010 001001 0101110010 011011 1110101 111011111 01010011 101 11010 0011 1001010010 0101010101 11010111 01110101 0100101100101 101001010 101000 0101101101 11110 01000110101 1111011110 10010101 0100101010 11010 001001 0101110010 011011 1110101 111011111 01010011 101 111111111 101110 11101 1111010 111101010 1001 10011111 11101 11010 00101111 101011101111011 10111110 001101011011111 01011 111010010111 1111 1001101011010 10101010 11101000111 11010101 0100011101011 0100101 1110101 11 1010101001 110 01111101011 100101001 1011110 00011110101 11111101 001011 1101111100 11010 0010111001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 324
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 78
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, it, they are repeated.
The author used the same word pre 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 Pre-Medicated;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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