This is an analysis of the poem Reduced To Delusions that begins with:
Believing to lift themselves up,
By demeaning the activities of others......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xab cac cdd bXa eXf bXa fea XeeXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01001011 101000100010 010101001011 110010 0100100010 101010110 111100101 0111101 11010101111 1111101001 10101001001 100101000100110010 01 1111001010 00110101011101 1001001001 0111000101 111010010111 11110101 10100011 11010101010010 1 01001111010100 001010011011011 101001100001001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; to, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Reduced To Delusions;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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