This is an analysis of the poem Going, Going...Gone! that begins with:

Gon' git outta here...
Trying to spread that mess! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXbcdcefghXb ABdijgbcbbb XXacaabddd AbbXdgfgjcckf X XXihfdkdd dgakheXfjiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,11,10,13,1,9,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 100111 1111110 01010100 111 1110111 001 01111000 11111 01011111 1111011 11101110 111011101 11101 100111 101 111101 111110 011 11111 11110101 011110011 111110110 11110111011 1 1 101 11101 011100101 1111 10001101 1110101 10 1101 11101 100111 11101110 0101010100 110100001001 110101101001 1101111100 0111101 101011110 010 110 111001010 101010010 11 110111 110001010 00111 1110111 110111011 11 1 110 111 1001111001 1110011101 11 11101010 11001010 10100010110 111010100 11011101 110 100101 1111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

    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; you, with are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases this, something connect the lines.

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