This is an analysis of the poem With A Wish To Get A Bigger Bang that begins with:

Boom, boom, boom.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABABACCAC ABAC cXACAC ddACAa ABABACCACCAACCAAE CAAEXCAAE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,6,6,17,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 1010001100 111 0011011 1111 100010010 001010101 111 001010101 111 1010001100 111 001010101 10111110 0011101 111 001010101 111 001010101 0011001110101 1 111 001010101 111 110010101 111 1010001100 111 0011011 1111 100010010 001010101 111 001010101 100010010 1010101 111 001010101 100010010 1010101 111 01010101 100010010 1010101 111 01010101 100010010 1010101 111 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; boom, to are repeated.

    The author used the same words boom, violence at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words bang, insane at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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