This is an analysis of the poem Total Upheaval To Fantasized Beliefs that begins with:

What is going on?
A reality refused existence....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcXc AadbXAbbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 0010001010 1110101000 11010010010010 11101001000 10101 0100110111010 00100010111101 11010010100100 10101 010010010101 101010101 0100101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Total Upheaval To Fantasized Beliefs;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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