This is an analysis of the poem That's Messed Up that begins with:
I have never understood it.
And refuse to give my time to understand, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXcXaX ABXcdad X bacXc X daaXedde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,1,5,1,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101010 10101110101 111011010010 001001010 11001000010111 1101101 010010001 11101010 10101110101 110101000010 10111110101 1010101100001 111101001010101 1010111101001 11101111 1010001 101000 100101010010 01010100 10010111010 111 100101000 01001 10001010100 1101100 11101101 1010101101001 11001010001 0011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 author used the same word i 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's Messed Up;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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