This is an analysis of the poem Now Listen To Me And I'Ll Tell You My Views that begins with:
Now listen to me and I'll tell you my views concerning the African war,
And the man who upholds any different views, the same is a ritten... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbb XXeeeebbeebb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100111111101001001 10110110100101001011 10100101101110111101 101011101011111011001 111110100011010101 01001111001011001001 11101111110001101001 0101101100101101111 1111110100111111011 11011011110101101 111110011010111100100 101011010111110101 0010111101011101 10101111011110101 11001001010111111 11001101011100101 1110101101111001001 1111010101111001001 1101100100111100111 101011011011110111 11000110100111001001 1010010011101101100101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 898
- Average number of words per stanza: 166
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 81 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 15
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; and, for, in, shriek are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word shriek at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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