This is an analysis of the poem Something About It Is Faked that begins with:
How can anyone feel safe,
With a faith to claim that shakes......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc abXc CDcEE ffce CDCEE XCfDFGBcC CDCEE XCfDFGBcDCDCXDCDC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,4,5,9,5,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110011 0010111 010100001 11100111 010101101 101110111 11001001 111111 111101 111101 01110101 01001101 111111 11011101 011100101 1100011 111111 111101 1111101 01110101 01001101 1000 1001001 010 100111 110 11110001 11111101 1 1001001 111111 111101 1111101 01110101 01001101 1000 1001001 010 100111 110 11110001 11111101 1 10010011 1001001 10010011 1001001 10010011 1001001 10010011 1001001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 51
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; wake, up, and, something, about, it, faked are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words wake, something are repeated.
The author used the same word how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word faked at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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