This is an analysis of the poem Riot Act, April 29, 1992 that begins with:

I'm going out and get something.
I don't know what....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacdbefgXdghgeaaieaeejcceekbeedfdaahcccXfcecakXjXjbaejjiaed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 61,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011110 1111 111 11011010010 101110110 110010110 0111101 11010 110 10111111 111101 1101 11011 001000100 1110111010 11010001 10011000 1011110 1010001 111010101 1011111 11010 110101010 0010101 10111 1101010 01011100 1011110 111111110 11011111 1101010101 1010001 0011110011 1101101011101 101011011 10111 10111 110111001110 110111 11110011001 0101 10111011101 01010101 10010101 1000111 111001001 11011011 010111001010 1010111 11101 100111100110 10011101 111 10111100 1101 111001 1110001011 00110 1010001 0101100101 00101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1832
  • Average number of words per stanza: 347
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • 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; it, you are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Riot Act, April 29, 1992;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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