This is an analysis of the poem Sincerely Insincere that begins with:
People today...
Are so sincerely insincere....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcdbX Aaefegcg eheXffhch hABXecd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,9,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001 11010101 101010 010001 1010001 1001101001 1001 1101 1111 0101 101011101 11 101 1111 111101 111 101101 1111111110 101 000100100101 011111101 0111 00110001 1 1001 11010101 001011 10101 11011100 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 30
- 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:
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; to is repeated.
The author used the same word people 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 Sincerely Insincere;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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