This is an analysis of the poem The Perpetuating Of Kept Foolish Delusions that begins with:

Disrespecting to accept an expressed disbelief,
To leave it to go uninvestigated......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabaa cdcX cXa d eXXeXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,3,1,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010001101101 01001100000 1100010100110010 110101001010010 101010100101010 0100101001010001 00100010010100010 101000101 1101001010111 1111100101110 1010101010010010 010100010010000 10010001010100 1110100111 1111010100 1 01001010100 01100 00110111010100100 0011101 010111100100001 010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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 are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Perpetuating Of Kept Foolish Delusions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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