This is an analysis of the poem Just To Be Good that begins with:
Just to be good--
This is enough--enough!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaacCCBXbaacccCCB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1000 000101 1111110111 1111111101 1001011101 1111110101 1111 1110 000001 0001 011000 0111111101 01011101011 11000011011 0011110101 1111 1110 000001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; to, enough are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines enough is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word enough at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase enough connects the lines.
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