This is an analysis of the poem Essay On Psychiatrists that begins with:

I. Invocation
It‘s crazy to think one could describe them—...

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 176
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 505
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, of, serious, may, be, her, you, to, his, i, what, own, their, he, or, people, blind, that, as, cowboys, from, mad, they, into are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nor, on, with, the, to, of are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines all, s, psychiatrists are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word happiness at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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