This is an analysis of the poem Kids Who Die that begins with:

This is for the kids who die,
Black and white,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefa ceXeXgeeabh feeXhahheeahdddagg aXhXfXXXeXgXaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,11,18,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010111 111 1101100 011101101 111 10111 1011 10100101010 1010110 1010010011 101010 1010010101010 101001010 111010 101100 110101 110101111010 10101 0101101 11101000010 1010001001011 111 1101111 0111010100111 10101 1011001 10110100 10101010 01111010111 10001111101110 010010 1011111100010010 1011111010 0101000111 1101001101110 0011101101101010 10111 101100110011 01011 1011001001 1010110101 1010111110 10101 1111010010 101010010 011101010001 11110 111111111 10111001 01001010 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 444
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, to, or are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines people is repeated).

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