This is an analysis of the poem Blocked Out Of Memory And Stopped that begins with:
You want to be nasty?
You want to be despicable? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDE XX fXgfXf ABCDEXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,6,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010 11000100 11001011101 1111100 1100101111 1111111 10101111010 111001111011 11110110110 1001011110 0001010 110101101101 1011010011 110010 11000100 11001011101 1111100 1100101111 111101011000 011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, want, to, i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Blocked Out Of Memory And Stopped;
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