This is an analysis of the poem Told To Go To A Heated Place that begins with:

People are crazed.
And don't know what they want....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AB Cdecccc dbafdd bbdddaaX gaXbhchXadaccaX ggX AB Xedb CbibjbcXfdij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,7,6,8,15,3,2,4,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 111111 1101001011 1111000100100 111111 1101001 11110 11010101 0111101010 111010101 1011011 10110 111111 1011 1100101 1101 110010101 11011111 11111111 1101111 01110110 100011 10 111010110110 1111 1 0101001001 10 0100001001 10 01110100 011010 111111010 11110110010 100100011101 11 1 11011 111110010010 111110010010 1111100100101 1011 111111 11100001010110 11 101 0101101011110 1101001011 111 101101 11110001011101 1 110101 00110100010 111010 110100101 111 01101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; want, they, and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, please are repeated.

    The author used the same word they 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 rating is repeated).

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

  • summary of Told To Go To A Heated Place;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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