This is an analysis of the poem Man Down that begins with:
Man down...
On urban streets, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD AEFGF Afacc fhXb Aibicbccci ABCD AEFGFXhchah
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,4,10,4,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 1101 1010 0111 11 1011010101 01011101 1010101 001110101 11 1001 110001 01001110 10101101 010111111 01101110101 1010101 1111101 11 100111001100 010011101 010110101100 101011010010 101 11111 111100100 1110111010 101011011111 11 1101 1010 0111 11 1011010101 01011101 1010101 001110101 110111101 110111 1110101 011111 0010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; he, in are repeated.
The author used the same word man at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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