This is an analysis of the poem Risky Business that begins with:
What is all the screaming about?
Aren't they the ones who said, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc XdcaXX aabaa c a X Xaab cdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,5,1,1,1,4,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101001 1010111 1101100011001 1 111101010 11 101101 11101001 010101111 1101011 101010001 0111001001010 0111010 111001101 111111100011 110 1 110 11011010 11111 100101010 1010111111 01010 010010110000110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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