This is an analysis of the poem The Effectiveness Of Fear And Threats that begins with:

The producing to introduce fear,
Only unleashes conflicts to chase....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbaa acadcc acdbeec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001001011 100101001 0110101010 00100000100 1010100110100 011011111 001000111 1010010 0101010100 0101010100 1101010001 110111111 00101001000 100010010100 000101001010 101111010 0111000010 101001101010 01010000010100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; to, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word the 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 The Effectiveness Of Fear And Threats;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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