This is an analysis of the poem An Attraction To Fear that begins with:

Any-one. Or...
Any-thing....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddaeaeeedeedX XffgbdXdhgcdXX XfeXdghhe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,14,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1011 101 10001 00100101 010010011 1101001 100110 10101001 10101010 01010001 001001100001 1001101000001 101101011101 0101101100 00010010101 100101000 11 110101101 000110111 01001001 01011101 1000100100101 00110100100 11000111 101011001 010011 1000101010 010011010101 101001011 1101010110 111 101001001001 11 00100101 01010101 011001101010 101 01001111 00101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 416
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word any is repeated.

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