This is an analysis of the poem Get Out Of My Face! that begins with:

Get out of my face!
You have convinced my own flesh and blood, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbacXXXa AdbX dbbXacX AXcXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,7,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 110111111 001010 00111 10101110 101000101 1010001 11001110 11011 01010 1101110101 1001111010 111011 10101001 1101110 10010111101011000 11010101100 101111 0111010 11011 10011 00100111 10110111001 10111001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, by are repeated.

    The author used the same word get at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • history of its creation;
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