This is an analysis of the poem Riot that begins with:
A riot is the language of the unheard.
—martin luther king...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX XXXXbcdXe c XbXac ccaadXXeaeXd XaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,9,1,5,12,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01000100001 10101 11010101010 11000010101 1100110111 1101011111 1101100100 11110100111 0101010101 11000101110 01000111011 01010010101 01010101100 11110100010 11010011011 0101010111 111001101 1111110110 10100010101 11010010001 110110101110 0101010001 10010010101 1111111011 010111001110 01111001011 0101110100 11011101001 101001110001 11011001110 1101111111 01110111111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; almost, at, in, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words almost, because are repeated.
The author used the same word because at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Riot;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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