This is an analysis of the poem Some People Peek At Evil that begins with:
Look at me I wish to resist evil.
I don't want a piece of it to sit near me....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbAc AbDe AcdAC DeAC BaC BBcC BBXCc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,3,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111100110 11101000111 110101010 101110101 1111100110 101011111 11011101111 00111111 1111100110 0101 011001 110101010 1111111 11011101111 001111111 110101010 1111111 111 1110110 010010111 111 111 01 010010111 111 111 010 010010111 11010110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, me, i, evil are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word look is repeated.
The author used the same word look 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 me is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words treat, got at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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