This is an analysis of the poem You Set This Mood For Me To Scare You that begins with:

It's demonical.
It's demonical....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX AXAXBXCX DEXDXDFDGX AXAXBXCX DEXDXDFDGX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,10,8,10,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000 01000 111110101 01000 101111011 01000 101111101 01000 1101110111 01000 111 01001 1010101 111 100010101 111 101011111 111 111010101 110111011 111110101 01000 101111011 01000 101111101 01000 1101110111 01000 111 01001 1010101 111 100010101 111 101011111 111 111010101 110111011 01000 01000 01000 1 110111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; it's, demonical, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it's is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines demonical is repeated).

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

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