This is an analysis of the poem Riddled And Beset that begins with:

How can a way of life,
Riddled and beset to upset with constant conflct......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXba aXbbaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 101010010101 10101000101 101001111011000 110000111101 010101010 10111110 0010101011 110001001001 110100010101 010011110 101000111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Riddled And Beset;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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