This is an analysis of the poem Off Of A Blinded Rollercoaster Ride that begins with:

It is a great feeling,
To live with peace of mind....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBC bbXX bbXbXABBC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 000110 010101 111001 100101010 101000101 100111 1101 1110101 10100101 010101 0010111 011001010101 000110 010101 111001 100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Off Of A Blinded Rollercoaster Ride;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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