This is an analysis of the poem Psycopaths that begins with:
On the news we see abusers,
Are they psycopaths....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbXc cXdXeXEE fXXXbXDXDX egXXEE bXfXeXaf CX CX XGXGXG CXXG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,10,6,8,2,2,6,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111010 11100 1010001 11100 01110 11100 0110101011 101101 10100 1010101 11100 10101 11100 110101010111 110101010111 1011111 11100 1101100 11100 10111110 11100 010111 0100 010111 0100 1101010 1111 111010 100 110101010111 110101010111 10111010 10100 1010111 11100 1111110 11100 1110100 101 110101 1100 110101 1100 10100 11001 10100 11001 10100 11001 110101 1100 10100 11001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, people, psycopaths are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, are are repeated.
The author used the same word are 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 pass, psycopaths are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words psycopaths, cash at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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