This is an analysis of the poem Who Else Can I Blame For My Horrors? that begins with:

Who else can I blame for my horrors?
Willing victims are growing slim....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACXXd ABACed XcX AeeXec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,3,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111110 10101101 101000110100 0101 11001010 10110010 10101011 111111110 10101101 101000110100 0101 1011 1110101 11111010 001011010 11111111 111111110 10111011 011110101101 0100011 01010110101101 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word who 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 Who Else Can I Blame For My Horrors?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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