This is an analysis of the poem The Entertainment Industry that begins with:
The only ones believing,
The entertainment industry is easy......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdcef dagdhdhbibcXccX hgbjkkhidkkb bd dcccXXld bglX hgchjdgec XX Xhddfb XhcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,15,12,2,8,4,9,2,6,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101010 01010100010 10110101 111010101010 110001001011 01110011011 10110101 10110111 01101010110 11010101 10110110110 010010101 1010010010 1011110101 0100010101010 01010010101 1001101110100 1 110011111 101111111001 011101111111 010010110110 011110 101101100 1001010011100 1100001 01010111010010 01011111001111 01101101011011 0100010001 1010110100110001 0010100110101 001010010111001 1101001001000 101001100110 11110100111101 010101000111 101011111001 110111001 0110000110010 10111110 101101100100100 011111111000 1010111110 101101010100 0101001 1010111110100 101111101101 11010 1111110111100 0110111101 111111 1101001 011001110110 1 111010111101 011011111 1 1111 10010111 110100 1111101 1111111010110 1101100101 0110001010100 1 11111111 11100100101010 11001101010
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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, of, be, you, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ego connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Entertainment Industry;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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