This is an analysis of the poem Paranoid that begins with:
Everybody says I'm paranoid they all think I'm crazy
They all smile to my face but they'd like to see me die...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabaXXccXabaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010101111010 11101111010111 1110011011110111 1110011011101011 01011101100101 111101001011110101 11110101011011011 1010111101110111101 1111110100111101110 1111011011111011101 110100110110110111 110100110111101011 111010111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 831
- Average number of words per stanza: 171
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, they, in, put, and, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, and, you are repeated.
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- summary of Paranoid;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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