This is an analysis of the poem Toxic Anxieties that begins with:

Sobered.
By the arrival, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcdeX dbdcffde Xdad Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 10010 001001 11001 0010100 001011010 010011111 01110100101 01 1010010101 01101001 101001010 110001010 00101110101 11101001001 010010 1000010 010111 001101100100 101111 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 is repeated.

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  • summary of Toxic Anxieties;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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