This is an analysis of the poem Trapped that begins with:
You say you don't believe in this.
Or do you believe in that....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABABCB dacebeXXXfX ABABCBdb Xfeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,11,8,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110100 1110101 11010001010 111110111011 1010001 11011101 111101010111 11000101 011111101 0101 111110 11110 111001 01100100 01101 111001 101010010 11110100 1110101 11010001010 111110111011 1010001 11011101 110010101 1111001111 1110101010 11110001 10101 10101100110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; you, believe, in, and are repeated.
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