This is an analysis of the poem To Amuse Themselves Into Dire Straits that begins with:
So many have used their accusations,
To amuse themselves into dire straits......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXdaadceXad bdXfXfaaXebXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111010 0010100101 10001000110100 00111000000 1010010100001 110111010 0111001010 101010001 011100100001 101000010010000 11110010 11110010101001 010001010100100 011110011101 01110010101010 101101111010 010001000101 11111001000 0101110100 11011011110 11110111001 011011100 11011001101100 01010010100101 1101001010101 001001011010100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 596
- Average number of words per stanza: 97
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word today is repeated.
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- summary of To Amuse Themselves Into Dire Straits;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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