This is an analysis of the poem Don'T Act Like That that begins with:
Don't act like that,
Don't! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaBCADAaAA Aaee AaAA Aafa AaAA GGHAGHHF AaBCAD GGHAGHHF AaAAXAaAA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,4,4,4,8,6,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 1 1111 1111010 01011100 01000100 1111 1 110 110 1111 1 1101 011101 1111 1 110 110 1111 1 1101 10101 1111 1 110 110 11101101 111 101 00 11101101 10101 1111 1111 1111 1 1111 1111010 01011100 01000100 11101101 111 101 00 11101101 10101 1111 1111 1111 1 110 110 1111 1 110 110
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words don't, like are repeated.
The author used the same word don't 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 it is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word it 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 don't connects the lines.
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