This is an analysis of the poem And The Lord Said... that begins with:

And the Lord said...
'I wish you all stop bothering me....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcbdaeebX d Xf XcddabXdXf Xcgfd cg C H C H dXgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,1,2,10,5,2,1,1,1,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 111111001 100101100 11111101 1000101 110010111 111011110 010111101 011 11101101111 11101100101 01011101 1010111101 11010101101001 1 11 101011101 01110011 10111001111 1111011010 111110011001 11100101 111100010 10110 1111 11101 11101101 10011100 011110110111 1111100101 111001111 111 111 111 111 1001110100 110101 1101 10110110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • 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.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

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