This is an analysis of the poem This Is The Sadness that begins with:

Mystified are many,
Looking from the outside in....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDEFGF dghgXgb iffdgfhed ABCDEFGF dff diXbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,9,8,3,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 1000110 1011011000 0011 11100110 1111010011 0001001000 0111010001 01011 111101 111101010 1111001 0110111000 11 11100010 101010101 010 01010101 101101 010110101 100010 0011100001 10101010 111101 101110 1000110 1011011000 0011 11100110 1111010011 0001001000 0111010001 00010 1101010001 110100001 00110 11111110 0011010111 110111110 00101010001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; as is repeated.

    The author used the same word this 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 This Is The Sadness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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