Get Off My Mind by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Get Off My Mind that begins with:

I wish I can get you off my mind.
Doo wah diddy doo wah diddy, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCdeBC aaXdadX BCBC BCBaeXcBCBa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,4,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111111 11101110 111 11110010 101 11101110 111 11010101 11011101 11010100 100111001 0111011 111 101 11101110 111 11101110 111 11101110 111 11101110 111111 110111 1 11101110 111 11101110 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; doo, i, wah, diddy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word doo is repeated.

    The author used the same word doo at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase doo connects the lines.

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