This is an analysis of the poem Don'T Be Alarmed By This that begins with:
Don't be alarmed by this.
But there are people who actually believe, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXAcD eXf eXedfe ABXAcD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100110 111101100001 1101000100 0111010101010 1 01010 110001 0100111 000100110010 101101 111010011 111111 00010011111 0010110010111 1110111111101 100110 111101100001 1101000100 0111010101010 1 01010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; they is repeated.
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