This is an analysis of the poem I Could Have Easily Used A Simple Wrench that begins with:

What do I think about the increase,
Of today's rising social ills? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bacbdXc eXdcc XeX XXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,7,5,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101001 00110101 101011001010 1010100011 110111111 110101010 1101010010 1101 1001101011010 1101001101 00110101 100010 01001101010 10101101001 11111001 111010 010010001 110111011 11110010101 0100101 11111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; i, to are 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 and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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