This is an analysis of the poem That Kind Of Deceit And Treason that begins with:

No one on Earth
Can be that blatantly ignorant....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDEFg HEijfbggbjefgXklg ABCDEFHEijj lkX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,17,11,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 101100100 1111101 00111010 101001 0101010101111 101010010101 1110110 0111001110 1100010100 111101101 11101 110010101 101100100100 101 11101001 11000101 011011 001100 10101100 101001 111011 10101 10111 1111 101100100 1111101 00111010 101001 0101010101111 1110110 0111001110 110001100 010100101 010100101 1101010 101 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words one, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word no 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 That Kind Of Deceit And Treason;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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