This is an analysis of the poem The Psychological Craze that begins with:

I in the library,
Looking for books to read, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdaecfdgdhXXXhieiXXbfgggghfXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110 101101 111101 000111 101100 100100 100101 110001 111100 100101 101111 110101 111100 110100 110101 010111 101111 111101 111101 100101 010100 001100 111111 000101 111111 100101 011101 110111 110111 101101 110111 110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 851
  • Average number of words per stanza: 151
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no is repeated.

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

  • summary of The Psychological Craze;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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