This is an analysis of the poem Massacre that begins with:
A blast fantastic.
Lightening fast....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXXc dbeaa bXaabad fefgbceeX ghXc hfffhX fbedbaXaf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,7,9,4,6,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010 1001 11010010 1010 1101 101111 100100 10100101100 010 1101111 010000111 10101010100 00100010 1101 11101001 0100010 010011001 1010 10100011 0101011 010001 1010010010 0101 101011101 10101 001010111 1110 110101 11110101 1001010 0110101 111111 011 0110 01010 01011 0111011001 010001 11110010010 01000101 100110000010 1011011001 110101010 101011 01011 1101010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; beyond is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word beyond is 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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- summary of Massacre;
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