This is an analysis of the poem Smoked Screened Personas that begins with:

Pitiful.
Most of them have lost their way....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX cXcdacXe eacXc fXcf XgX XX dbfXg X fdbaXgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,8,5,4,3,2,5,1,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 1001111 0111100 10011011 10010 0110011 1011110 101011 011101 11110 10111001 11101010 010101 1001110110 0100110 101010011 0101001011100 11110101 101011010101 11010010 1000100101 00101 101010001010 110 101 11 10111111 100111 1111101 11111 111101111 110101011 111 101 100 1110100 001 001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; and, to 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 Smoked Screened Personas;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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