This is an analysis of the poem Self Defeating Foolishness that begins with:
No interest they have in politics.
Believing that and religion do not mix....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabb Xccbbabb dedddXdXdXe Xaea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,11,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100110101 01011010111 11000101010 11101 1011001 1100111 00101001 1010101011 111000101 01011111 11110110 1101010 111110100100 110001111001 11110010 1111010101 111101110011 10010101101 11010101101 1010101 010101 011001 1001110 11001 111010 00110101 110000 111010100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; as, they are repeated.
The author used the same word no 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 Self Defeating Foolishness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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