This is an analysis of the poem I Come Out Swinging! that begins with:
I come out swinging!
I don't need a damn bat....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBCDBX aefbXf ABBCDBX gde bebeX ABBCDBX hhXbbbg ebXbdbeXbhh XbbbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,7,3,5,7,7,11,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 111011 111111 1101010 11101 010011 00101010 11011 001101 101 001011 0110010 1001101 11110 111011 111111 1101010 11101 010011 00101010 111101111 011101010 10100111010 1101 0101110011 11111 0101 110100101 11110 111011 111111 1101010 11101 010011 00101010 1101001001 01110 1111000 101101 001000001 110110011 11101101001 111 110111001 11 11111 11010101 011101 01101101 011 111 110110 110 10100011 110011101010 10 1001 111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 58
- 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 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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines business, it are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of I Come Out Swinging!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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