This is an analysis of the poem Give Me Any Reason that begins with:
Give me any reason why,
You walk around and talk, talk....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCB dXdA ABCB EFGH IIII IIII XdAi EFGH BEF BEF GXG GXG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 1101111 1011010 10101111 11110 1001101 1111010 1110101 1110101 1101111 1011010 10101111 101111 100111 1011100 011101 1110001 11101 11110001 0111 1110001 11101 11110001 0111 1 111010 1110101 11100010101 101111 100111 1011100 011101 11101011101111 1101111 111001 11101011101111 1101111 111001 11100 10 11100 11100 10 11100
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; talk, you, and, mocking, them are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word are is repeated.
The author used the same words are, give 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 them is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words right, too, them at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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