This is an analysis of the poem Throw Them Back To The Wolves that begins with:

Throw them back to the wolves.
The ones released from cellblock envy....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACADAAEFAAAXBG cXXcc aXaaX ABACADAAEFAAAXBG AHAHAHAH AeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,5,5,16,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001 010101010 101001 1111101 101001 1111101 01011111 101001 1010101 100111101 101001 10011010 101001 1111101 10101100 01110100 1001010 010111010 11101010 1000101 01010011 1010010 1110111 01010111 110001010 111110100 101001 010101010 101001 1111101 101001 1111101 01011111 101001 1010101 100111101 101001 10011010 101001 1111101 10101100 01110100 101001 11111111 101001 11111111 101001 11111111 101001 11111111 101001 10111110 0010010 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, doo, boo are repeated.

    The author used the same word throw at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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