This is an analysis of the poem Recent Victims Of Amnesia that begins with:

It is difficult for anyone,
To trust someone who jumps the gun....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABC Xaca AABC caca XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001001100 01111101 1011011 11 01001101 1100101 10101010 001001011 001001100 01111101 1011011 11 110101010 00111111 10100101010 001010000101 101111101 1101111 110100010 10100000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word as 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 Recent Victims Of Amnesia;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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