This is an analysis of the poem Self Destructive Praise that begins with:

With no sense of natural rhythm.
And no sense of what that beat kept, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXccb adXXdba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 011010010 11101111 1 0101111010 01101 1011101 11010010 11 101001110010 11101010101 1000111000 10010010 100010011011 001010110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

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

  • summary of Self Destructive Praise;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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