This is an analysis of the poem Weren'T You Once Addicted? that begins with:
Is there anything left to believe in,
Thought to be sacred......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abac X c XcbdX X XXXX d XcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,1,5,1,4,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110110010 10010 10010 11101010101 110 11 1100001 1011001 1110001 1001001 01111100 00101100 111110 01010110010 110001 110001010100110100 11000010 1 110010 10110101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 73
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of Weren'T You Once Addicted?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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