This is an analysis of the poem You Trip Too Quick To Insult And Assault that begins with:

You trip too quick to get your results.
You trip too quick to insult and assault, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDE fbgcgc ACBEcCDEfc ACBEcCDE AhBhAhBAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,10,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101101 1111001101 1111 1101 10111001 111101101 111101101 10101 110101 1111 10101111 111101101 111 1111001101 101 0 1111 1101 10111001 111011111 0011 111101101 111 1111001101 101 0 1111 1101 10111001 111101101 1 1111001101 1 111101101 1 1111001101 111101101 1111001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • 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; you, to, and are repeated.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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  • summary of You Trip Too Quick To Insult And Assault;
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