This is an analysis of the poem In Frantic Dances that begins with:
In frantic dances.
Hip-hoppers....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaaXb Acdab AbAcaee AXAaaXd AbbabAf AEAEAEga AEAEAG AbbeEAEAAG AfEX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,7,7,7,8,6,10,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010 110 110 11010 1110101 01010 100101 11010101 1011110 10111 01010 0100101001 01010 11111 00100010 1011001 001010000 01010 110111100 01010 01001010100 0101011001 101001 11110111 01010 110101101 00101010001111 01010110001 010101101010 01010 101010 01010 101000 01010 101000 01010 101000 11011010 10 01010 101000 01010 101000 1101110 010 101 0010111 11110 101110 101000 01010 101000 01010 1101110 010 101 101011110 101000 110
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 59
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, to, frantic, dances, everyone are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.
The author used the same words in, duped 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 dances is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word frantic at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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