This is an analysis of the poem From Where It Comes that begins with:
Mock me to stop me.
And laugh at me for as long as you wish....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011 1111111111 111111010001 0110100010 110010110001 10010101001 0011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 7
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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