This is an analysis of the poem Facts that begins with:
Give me some of that stacked you've got packed.
Give me some of those facts, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC ABC DBDAdBdA aABC ABC EXeFeXEG ABC XBA eXeFeXEG eXEFeXEG bcBA EXEFeXEG ebEg ABCXABa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,8,4,3,8,3,3,8,8,4,8,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011111 111011 10111 111011111 111011 10111 1011001 1101 1011001 111 101011001 1101 101011001 111 1 111011111 111011 10111 111011111 111011 10111 11010 01000100 10 10001010 10 01000100 110 1001001 111011111 111011 10111 11011101110110 111011 111 10 01000100 10 10001010 10 01000100 110 1001001 10 01000100 110 10001010 10 01000100 110 1001001 111011 010111 111011 111 11010 01000100 110 10001010 10 01000100 110 1001001 10 1011111 110 1010111 111011111 111011 10111 111011111 111011 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 73
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; give, me, some, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word give is repeated.
The author used the same words give, people at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words back, truth at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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