This is an analysis of the poem People Panic that begins with:

Tripped out,
Over their finances....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBCACDAe FgHiJXDK JXae GLBGLB FgHiJXDK ABBCACDAe DeAEAEAE DeAEAEAE DeAEAEAEXJEJEJEe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,4,6,8,9,8,8,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 101110 1010111 000100110 001010001 1011110 1010111 1010111 10 111010 1 01010010 1 11101 11100 10001 11101 11101 11100 110101 1111 110111 1100110001 0111101 110111 1100110001 0111101 111010 1 01010010 1 11101 11100 10001 11101 11 101110 1010111 000100110 001010001 1011110 1010111 1010111 10 10101011 10 1110010 1010 01010010 1010 10110000 11010 10101011 10 1110010 1010 01010010 1010 10110000 11010 10101011 10 1110010 1010 01010010 1010 10110000 11010 1010101 11110 1010101 11110 1010101 11110 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 75
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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.

    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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that's, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word people 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 panic is repeated).

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

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  • summary of People Panic;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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