This is an analysis of the poem But Why? that begins with:
Why?
Why? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaabXcaaXX DAddAcDXAaaaADEd DddcDAaaaADEeadXbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,16,18,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1 1 1 1 110101 0110110 11101 00110010 11 001 1010 001 0100010101011 11 100010 1010001 11 0010001 1011001 010111011011 11 1 1 1 11101 101 0101 1110101110001 0100010101011 1100010 1010001 1010101 1011001 11 1 1 1 11101 101 0101 000101 11 1101 1100 100110101101 10101101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; why, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words why, but are repeated.
The author used the same word offended at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines why is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase why connects the lines.
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