This is an analysis of the poem Transfixed With Beliefs Of Entitlements that begins with:

They had once hated Shakespeare.
Now they grace his depictions of 'royal' dysfunctions......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb deaf fbce gfbe hgcf hebfh bidecfhXg eXdie
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,5,9,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 1110010010010 101001 110 1011110 1101100101 0111 10100111 101001101011 1111011 10111100 0100110100101 110001001001 11111 101011 0100101101001 111101 101001 110001 10100101 1010101100101 110100100100 11010110110 10111111010 111011011001 111110100101 110111101 11011110110111 1111111 1101011010 110111010101 1 0100 111001101001 11011011101011 111 101001110001010 1011010100101 11101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; those is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word minds is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Transfixed With Beliefs Of Entitlements;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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