This is an analysis of the poem Schizophrenic that begins with:
Each morning as I catch my bus,
A-fearing I'll be late,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ababebeX bfbfaXga hfhfXgag
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111 010101 11110101 111101 11110101 010101 01011101 111101 11010101 111101 11011101 111111 11011101 110101 11010101 01001000 11111111 010101 11011001 110101 11001101 110110 11010101 110101 01110111 010111 11011101 110101 11010111 110111 11110101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Schizophrenic;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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