This is an analysis of the poem Those Who Have Lost Their Minds that begins with:
Who would believe it to see,
That these days craze and tensions......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaaabXXX babbXbXbXbac cXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,12,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101001 1111110 110101001010 1010100 1110011 101100111 0101101010 11000100100 10100111111 0101101 11001001111100 01111001 11101100101010 10001100101 0010011 11010101010 1011100101101 11110111010 11010110010 100100100101 0011010101 1010010001101 1010001001100010 00100110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 337
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; their, to, it are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Those Who Have Lost Their Minds;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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