This is an analysis of the poem Fast Forward that begins with:

Why is your fist all up in my face?
'I just wanted you to see my knuckles, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdecX XXX fXXfdeaabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,3,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111011 1110101110 000111110 1001010 1110101 111100010 0111111 1111011 101101000101 1101001 111101110 11110011 01001011001 1010 10010 1110101 010010010101 101010101001 101001010 1101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

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  • summary of Fast Forward;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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