i met a genius on the train today

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i met a genius on the train today has 50 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 5 live disagreements.

50 facts·35 predicates·1 sources·5 in dispute

Mostly:uses device(6), has theme(5), has line break after(3)

Other facts (49)

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49 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Uses Device	enjambment	[1]
Uses Device	litotes	[1]
Uses Device	volta	[1]
Uses Device	quote isolation	[1]
Uses Device	plain diction	[1]
Uses Device	colloquial register	[1]
Has Theme	Theme Childlike Honesty	[1]
Has Theme	Theme Deflated Aesthetic Expectation	[1]
Has Theme	Theme Seeing Anew	[1]
Has Theme	Theme Child Instructs Adult	[1]
Has Theme	Theme Perception Versus Convention	[1]
Has Line Break After	today	[1]
Has Line Break After	along	[1]
Has Line Break After	me	[1]
Has Blank Line After	coast	[1]
Has Blank Line After	and said,	[1]
Has Blank Line After	"it's not pretty."	[1]
Rdf:type	Poem	[1]
Rdf:type	Free Verse Poem	[1]
Uses First Person Narration	i	[1]
Opens With	Meeting Event	[1]
Pivots on	Utterance Event	[1]
Closes With	Realization Event	[1]
Uses Lowercase Opening Self Reference	i	[1]
Uses Capitalized Closing Self Reference	I	[1]
Uses Contraction	it's	[1]
Encloses Quoted Speech in Double Quotes	"it's not pretty."	[1]
Writes Age With Numeral	6	[1]
Hedges Age With	about	[1]
Places Age on Separate Line	about 6 years old,	[1]
Breaks Motion Across Lines	along / the coast	[1]
Breaks Speech Prelude Across Lines	me / and said,	[1]
Isolates Quotation As Single Line Stanza	"it's not pretty."	[1]
Isolates Closing Realization As Single Line Stanza	I had not realized that before.	[1]
Punctuates Age Apposition With Comma	about 6 years old,	[1]
Introduces Quotation With Comma	and said,	[1]
Ends Quotation With Period	"it's not pretty."	[1]
Ends Closing Sentence With Period	I had not realized that before.	[1]
Stages Delayed Age Reveal	about 6 years old,	[1]
Emphasizes Judgment by Isolation	"it's not pretty."	[1]
Has Speaker	Speaker	[1]
Has Short Length	short poem	[1]
Has Implied Speaker Distinct From Author	Speaker	[1]
Contrasts Self Reference Case	i/I	[1]
Has Deadpan Tone	deadpan	[1]
Treats Genius Label As Ironic	a genius	[1]
Inverts Adult Teaches Child Pattern	Child	[1]
Stages Outer Scene Then Inner Shift	Realization Event	[1]
Centers Child Perspective Over Adult Convention	Child	[1]

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50 undated

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labelpoem/bukowski-genius

i met a genius on the train today

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usesFirstPersonNarrationpoem/bukowski-genius

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opensWithpoem/bukowski-genius

ex:meeting-event

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pivotsOnpoem/bukowski-genius

ex:utterance-event

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closesWithpoem/bukowski-genius

ex:realization-event

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usesLowercaseOpeningSelfReferencepoem/bukowski-genius

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usesCapitalizedClosingSelfReferencepoem/bukowski-genius

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usesContractionpoem/bukowski-genius

it's

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enclosesQuotedSpeechInDoubleQuotespoem/bukowski-genius

"it's not pretty."

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writesAgeWithNumeralpoem/bukowski-genius

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hedgesAgeWithpoem/bukowski-genius

about

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hasLineBreakAfterpoem/bukowski-genius

today

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hasLineBreakAfterpoem/bukowski-genius

along

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hasLineBreakAfterpoem/bukowski-genius

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hasBlankLineAfterpoem/bukowski-genius

coast

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hasBlankLineAfterpoem/bukowski-genius

and said,

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hasBlankLineAfterpoem/bukowski-genius

"it's not pretty."

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placesAgeOnSeparateLinepoem/bukowski-genius

about 6 years old,

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breaksMotionAcrossLinespoem/bukowski-genius

along / the coast

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breaksSpeechPreludeAcrossLinespoem/bukowski-genius

me / and said,

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isolatesQuotationAsSingleLineStanzapoem/bukowski-genius

"it's not pretty."

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isolatesClosingRealizationAsSingleLineStanzapoem/bukowski-genius

I had not realized that before.

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punctuatesAgeAppositionWithCommapoem/bukowski-genius

about 6 years old,

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introducesQuotationWithCommapoem/bukowski-genius

and said,

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endsQuotationWithPeriodpoem/bukowski-genius

"it's not pretty."

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endsClosingSentenceWithPeriodpoem/bukowski-genius

I had not realized that before.

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