This is an analysis of the poem The Deeds Of Anger that begins with:

I used to lose my temper an' git mad an' tear around
An' raise my voice so wimmin folks would tremble at the sound;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbb ccddbb cXccbb eeffbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101111101 11111101110101 111110101010111 11110101010001 111010100110001 101110101011101 111010101111111 101011111010111 101010111010101 111010100110111 101010111111101 101110101011101 110111101111101 11111100111100 111010111111101 111010101010111 1100111001110101 001010101111101 111111101010101 111011100010101 111110100011101 11110101001101 111100101011101 011010101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 372
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', i, you, to, some, me, my are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word forget at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Deeds Of Anger;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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