This is an analysis of the poem These Are Symptoms that begins with:
Rather than to admit to madness,
It was left unaddressed and explosed....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXAABC dEFAGAA chbhacX b AXAABC dEFAGAAbdX XXCXICXFCXCX XXCXcCXiCXCX XXCXICXFCXCX CjcaCjcaCjcaCjCcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,7,1,6,10,12,12,12,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101001010 0111011100 101010001 1010011 010001 1001010111 100 10011 0011111 10110001101 1100010001 0101101 101111011 01011010001011 1100110 111111 0101010 111001 0101011 10001101001 110 101001010 0111011100 101010001 1010011 010001 1001010111 100 10011 0011111 10110001101 1100010001 0101101 101111011 1 10000100 1001101010101 100 11 1110 10 11 1110 10 11 1110 110 1110 1 100 11 1110 10 10 1110 10 11 1110 11 1110 1 100 11 1110 10 11 1110 10 11 1110 110 1110 1 1110 1 10 1 1110 1 10 1 1110 1 10 1 1110 1 1110 10 10
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 90
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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; their, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word symptoms is repeated.
The author used the same word 'no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines symptoms is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word nooo at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase symptoms connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of These Are Symptoms;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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