This is an analysis of the poem Romanticing Panic that begins with:

This life you have was granted,
And to live upon this planet......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbC ac dccee Cedec FFFCFad FFFCcdC FFFC FFFC FFFCC FFCXFFC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,5,5,7,7,4,4,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111110 10101010 01101010001 1 100010110 1 0101010101 01011111 010111 0101 01110 10110 100010110 01010 100001001 01010 1101111001 100010 1101010 100010 11111 100010 110101 1111010111 100010 1101010 100010 11111 1111010101 1111010111 001 0101010 1100010 0101010 001 0101010 1100010 0101010 101 0101010 1100010 0101010 001 101 111110 10010 100010001 111110 10010 100010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, panic are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words romanticing, it's, there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines darkness is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words done, run at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Romanticing Panic;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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