This is an analysis of the poem Just Another Sequel that begins with:

There are many people,
Some troubled on the streets...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDBE accXc cBABABFA ABCDBE cBABABFA XXcaBABABFA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,8,6,8,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 110101 1101 011 0101 111 1110101010011 1111 001 1100 111 1 00 1010100110 00 1010100110 100 1010100 1011010 111010 110101 1101 011 0101 111 1 00 1010100110 00 1010100110 100 1010100 1011010 10111 011011 1 0010100110 00 1010100110 00 1010100110 00 1010100 1011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • 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; this is repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word equal at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Just Another Sequel;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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