This is an analysis of the poem Too Caught Up In Image that begins with:

Just too caught up in image.
And what falsely created images represent....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXbaaa abXaaXaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010 1110010100101 111110010 010010110011 1010110100001 11000100000100110 0010110111 001011 101100010001 11010010001 0101010 1101110100010 11111000111 0111011 011010101001 010010101 1001000100101001010 10101101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 393
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; and is repeated.

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

  • summary of Too Caught Up In Image;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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