This is an analysis of the poem Self Serving And Isolated Mindset that begins with:

Everybody,
And his or her mama......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCDE FAFFF XddXd gfhf ddfdgih gdgffdXif aBCDEFAFFF gjgjig
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,4,7,9,10,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1010 101010 11010 011011101 1111 0101011101 00101000100 10101 1110110 110100100 1011011 111101 1110011 01101 11010101001 0001101100 001011010101 01 101110100 11100101101 110001000010001 0101110100 1011000001 1110001 001010 1100101 010001 1001001100010 10101101 110101 11101110 010110100101 01110 101110 110101 1010 101010 11010 011011101 1111 0101011101 00101000100 10101 1110110 110100100 11110101 0101010010 11011101 000100 110 1101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; their, of are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Self Serving And Isolated Mindset;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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