This is an analysis of the poem Parties: A Hymn Of Hate that begins with:

I hate Parties;
They bring out the worst in me....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXcdeacfghaeifaahcjjkjlmaafandailaleXlkhaaojjmpjanhbmaeeaXepghokjhicjbiacibeikAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 81,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 1110101 10010001 101010 10101011101 1010110101 11110101101 111010100 1001001 0110101001010 1 01010100100111 10100010011 010100100100 11010011 111101011011 1101010 11110101 101010100101 110101010010 1111110111001 10 0100101101 11001100 0100010111111 1101110011110 11110 11011101 11111011 1011 111010001110010 1 11110010010 10110 1110110 110010101101 1111 110101 11111101 10010010 011101 1001011001001 1110100101110 11011 010101101 01101010101100 0111 10101001001 110101101 111101010111 1001010011 1110111101001 111011 111001 101010011 111101 1100011010001 110011010 101011011 110010011 100111011 1101011011000100 101 1111 1100010101010 0101010100 011111101001 10100110100101110 11 101111 01111001001011 101010010010010 1111010000101001 110010110 111011001011110 1011101 11010001110 01111111010 101110 1110 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2971
  • Average number of words per stanza: 554
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, and, the are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase over connects the lines.

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