This is an analysis of the poem The Closer They Get To Madness that begins with:
The closer they get to madness,
The more they realize they are not alone....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXbbcdadXcdAdcdAdeed
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011010 01110111101 0110101 01111011 11101 01101 11011 110101001 111111 101011 1110101 01011010 10010101 101100110 010101101 01011010 00101101001 010110 110 11
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 608
- Average number of words per stanza: 102
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, closer are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, how are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines closer is repeated).
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- summary of The Closer They Get To Madness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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