This is an analysis of the poem Show Biz that begins with:
I can't have it
and you can't have it...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa aaa bX XXXXca dadbe aaX fa cdaXe cbghg ddaa afaca bXhXfdga abfe afXgd fX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,2,6,5,3,2,5,5,4,5,8,4,5,2,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110 11110 111 10 11110 110101 0 11101 110 1 1 1 101 11100 0 01 1101 1110 1011 10 111 1 0111 1110 01 1111 0 10010 100 1 111 111 0111 1100 01 1000 1010 10 1 111 0 100 11 1 1 0010 10 110 1 01 1 00 110 1 110 10 1010 1 1101 1 0 1 1 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 41
- Average number of words per stanza: 9
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 9 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 2
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Show Biz;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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