This is an analysis of the poem Peppered And Sprayed that begins with:

Salted tempers rise.
As if suddenly people realize, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabacXXd ccadaacb XXbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 1010010101 101 100111 10101 111100 101010100 00110101 1011011 1101010 111101 0100100 0100100 01111 100101111 1101010 1111 101000101110 001011110001 10011 111001110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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 three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of Peppered And Sprayed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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