This is an analysis of the poem Room 7: The Coco-Fiend that begins with:

I look at no one, me;
I pass them on the stair;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbdededdeD cacaccaffghghghdddD ihihdidiadad gjgjegegegegdD ggkkXhhhalalXmlm jjbbaaddbbff bbiiggaXiihhiiddii hhkkddiX hhii dhddhddbbXaaeeadaad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,19,12,14,16,12,18,8,4,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 110101 11111 11101 10101010 11111 11111 11101 10111 10101 10111 11101 11101 0101 011101 10111 11101 111 111111 10001 011 10101 1011 10101 10011 10011 10001 11111 10001 11111 11101 10001 0101 1111000000 1011110111 101101101 101100111 1010110101 101101111 0100101110 0100101111 101101101 1110111101 101101101 1101111101 011101 111110 111001 111001 111101 110101 111111 111111 111100 011001 101111 100111 110101 0101 0111111101 1111010101 1111101101 1101010101 1101011100 1111111101 1101010111 0101010101 0101011101 1111001111 1111010111 11001110101 11111101001 1111010111 1101010101 1101011111 1101011001 1101001111 1101110001 1101110101 0101010101 10011011111 10001010101 1111011101 1111011111 1101011101 11111101001 1011110111 11011111 01110101 11010011 11110101 11110001 11010011 11111101 1010101010 11111101 11010101 00010011 11010011 11110101 11001101 11110101 11010101 10110101 1010101011 11110001 11110111 11111101 11011101 11011101 01010101 11010111 1010011010 11000111 01011111 11110101 1011100111 110101 110101 101101 1101001 1100111 110111 1101001 1111001 110101 110101 111111 101101 011101 010111 010011 010101 111101 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 394
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 135
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, grin, and, so, to, i've are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, shadows, grin, the, she, life, medicine, and, i've are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word cocaine at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Room 7: The Coco-Fiend;
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  • history of its creation;
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