This is an analysis of the poem Smearing Done Condoned that begins with:
People finding they can't keep up.
Or have voices that will not speak up....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaab CCDE FBFBFGH AHAI CCDE fAHAI F AHAI FBFBFGH FF AHAI AHAIXFAFAFAHI
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,4,4,5,1,4,7,2,4,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101111 111010111 1011101 00100101 1010101 01010101 11011111 1010111 1101 1101 1111001 1101 111 11101 001010010 1010111101 0101010 1010111101 010101 1010101 01010101 11011111 1010111 1 1010111101 0101010 1010111101 010101 110 1010111101 0101010 1010111101 010101 1101 1101 1111001 1101 111 11101 001010010 110 110 1010111101 0101010 1010111101 010101 1010111101 0101010 1010111101 010101 110 10101101 110 10101101 110 10101101 0101010 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 58
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, they, love are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, the are repeated.
The author used the same words people, they, many 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 up, it are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word condoned at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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