This is an analysis of the poem Skit Scat Back that begins with:

Negativity behind me.
I'm gonna leave it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBC BDD XXBDD ABBC BDDXABBBDDBDDBBBDD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,5,4,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100011 01010 111010 01111011 1110101 101 011 1101000111 1111010100 1110101 101 011 10100011 01010 111010 01111011 1110101 101 011 10100011 01010 111010 1110101 101 011 1110101 101 011 1110101 1110101 1110101 101 011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • 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; be, gone, skit, scat, back, to, retrack, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word skit is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it, gone, that are repeated).

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

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