This is an analysis of the poem Be Straight that begins with:
Don't condescend,
When there is no need to be....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccdXX ccacXXc CXdddCb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 1101100 1001 010011101 11011000010 1101100111 110110010100 01001010100101 111011001101 0100010 01101 00100110100 11100011010 01100110001101 01001 1101101001 011101 011110010001 10001 01001 100101001101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; be, to, too, have, many, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word too is repeated.
The author used the same word be at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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