This is an analysis of the poem Once People that begins with:

Once people get under my skin,
they never find the exit....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXaefXcgXfeXehbXbcaedhbcXgggaXXccebbXabf Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 43,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011 1101010 1101 110101111 11011011011101 11010011 1111000101 111111 111 11110001 110101 010100 11001 01111111 1111110110 111101 11110011 101111 0111001101 110101 11010101 1110010 110111 010001110 110111010010 010111 01011 1010111111 10100111100 1110 1101010 110011100111 0101010011 01010001000 01010111010 1111 1010101 11110111 11 11010011 01010111 1101010001 0101110 1 0101101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 824
  • Average number of words per stanza: 141
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • 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; with is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, what, or are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Once People;
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