This is an analysis of the poem You Hate The Telephone that begins with:

You hate the telephone
but will not see me...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdecfgddXhidXi cfaggbejcgijXfdhXc dcfdghaXgghX bcXdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,18,12,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 10111 101 1111 0101 110 100111 0101011 001 100100 100010 1000 0110 101 11111 10101 10011 11 1101 111 1001010 111100 101 01010001 1100100 10 111 10110 100 110101 1110 100 1101110 00101 010101 01 1011 10 110 100 00110 10010 101010 10101 010 101111 1111001 0110111 111101 101 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; yes is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word interrupting is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of You Hate The Telephone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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