This is an analysis of the poem Criminals Are Protesting that begins with:

NOW what is all the commotion about?
'The criminals are protesting, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bX a XcdeeccX f XgbaXcfcaX d fceaX gXacXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,8,1,10,1,5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001001 11001010 011110010 1 1 11110 10111010101 011001 01101010 1100010011010100 00100100 1001010001010 11101011 100 01000101 1110100110 01111001 0011010010111 0011 100100101111 0101011001110 111011010 1001001000101010 1001010101 100100010011 10101010 0101111010 001011010010 0001 111 101001100 101011110 1011111011 0101101110 01101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Criminals Are Protesting;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
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