This is an analysis of the poem This Kid Must Be Out Of His Mind that begins with:
Strong I've been for so long.
And no sense enough to run, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDEEFG hegXeij ABCDEEFG kikkhkkX ah lljj kX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,8,8,2,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 1110101 1111 0101001 1111 11000010 101000010010 1101111010 11011011010001 1111011111 11011111001001 1010100001 101011001101 1 1 110111 1110101 1111 0101001 1111 11000010 101000010010 1101111010 1 11011101001 1110111 011 11110001001 11101001 1011 1110 110110 1101001101 11 1 1101 111111 1 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, my, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, you are repeated.
The author used the same word and 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 yeah is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase yeah connects the lines.
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