This is an analysis of the poem Frightening Conclusion that begins with:

In a pickle sizzling because of recent risks.
And unable to face or come to grips with it, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abacbcb DEFG DEBAA CACA CACA DEFG DEBAA CACA CACA CACACACAXCACACACA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,5,4,4,4,5,4,4,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010100010101 101001110100 1101010101 100100010 10111001 010100011 10110100101 01111011 1101110 1111101 01111011 01111011 1101110 11111 10011011 101010 000100010 11110110 0101001100 0010100010101 100010 11110110 0101001100 0010100010101 01111011 1101110 1111101 01111011 01111011 1101110 11111 10011011 101010 000100010 11110110 0101001100 0010100010101 100010 11110110 0101001100 0010100010101 100010 0010100010101 100010 11110110 000100010 11110110 0101001100 0010100010101 100010 0010100010101 100010 11110110 000100010 11110110 0101001100 0010100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • 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; this, for are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, frightening at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word risks at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase this connects the lines.

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