This is an analysis of the poem Irony that begins with:
The twentieth century has often fooled us.
We've been squeezed in by falsehood as by taxes....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbc daef dbge gXeh ffff iidg hghX XeXc iahb Xg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010010011011 10101111110 010110101010 11010101010 1111110110 11011101 111001101 111010 01110111 011010101 111111010 11100111 1110111101 0011000101 1110101 0110010100 0101110100 100111010 100010101110 11011100 1101010001 11011111 1101111000 11110001 111100100 11011001 0100001100 1011111001 011101011 01010111 100011111 0101100001 1110101 1010111100 11101000100 110101 1 010111001
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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; as, our, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Irony;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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