This is an analysis of the poem Some Advice To Those Who Will Serve Time In Prison that begins with:
If instead of being hanged by the neck
you're thrown inside...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcdefbXghhfhacebaadadijgXjjkahdXiXaaaeidjaXXck X X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,1,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010101101 1101 111011 001110110 01111010 01001111 111 100111001001 1010 1111111 0110010010 1011010 01111 010100 101110101 1011010001 10101 10111 0010001 1110101 111110110011 0111001 0111 1010111101010 011100 11110101 0111 1111 11011 111010 011001101 1010101100 111 0101111101 110111 010100011 00101 010101100101 010111000 111011 11100110 11010 11011111 1101001 11 11 111010 1011011101010 11 111010110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 592
- Average number of words per stanza: 95
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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, to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and are repeated.
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