This is an analysis of the poem January 24 that begins with:
I was about to be mugged by a man
with a chain so angry he growled...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabccdaeXdXXbeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101001101 00111011 1010101110 110110101 1010101010 101101111 0111010 1101010010 111111111 11011111 1111010110 0110100001001 100011010 111111100 0100101 11001010010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 578
- Average number of words per stanza: 111
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; on is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of January 24;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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