This is an analysis of the poem Their Self Righteous Mess-Part One that begins with:

What is now widely known...
The hoodwink with bamboozling....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXbacd XaXde edXXXXbd Xbfff aaXcbdXXda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,8,5,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 0110100 010111001 01011 101010001 111110001 1100110 0101101 10001010 110001 010110 01011101 11111011 100100110 1100101 001101110110 110111 11100101 111101 10011 0101 111001 1011 011110101 11111101 111101 1111010 01001010 110100100100 110 1100101001 0100100100100 01000111 1011110000 1001011101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; he is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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

  • summary of Their Self Righteous Mess-Part One;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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