This is an analysis of the poem That Drama that begins with:
All that drama got them messed up.
And uptight....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABABBc ADAEACX aAAA ABAC ADAEA ABABACXAAAABC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,4,4,5,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101011 101 11101011 101 111 110010101101 11101011 10110 11101011 101010 11101011 101 11110010 1101011 1111101011 1111101011 11101011 11101011 101 11101011 101 11101011 10110 11101011 101010 11101011 11101011 101 11101011 111 11101011 1010111101 11101011 1111101011 1111101011 11101011 111 1010111101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, that, drama, got, them, messed, up are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, all are repeated.
The author used the same word all at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines up is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word lights at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of That Drama;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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