This is an analysis of the poem Here We Go, Again! that begins with:

Speak up I can't hear you,
With those mumbles done....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBBCBDeFDeFABBBCBDeFDeF gBeBbBbF HBHBHBBG AbIJ AbIJ AbIJ AbABBBCBDeFXHBHBHBBG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,8,8,4,4,4,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 01101 1111010 01101 1100110 01101 1001110 1 1000 1001110 1 1000 111111 01101 1111010 01101 1100110 01101 1001110 1 1000 1001110 1 1000 1110111 01101 1101001 01101 11101 01101 101101 1000 110101110 011001 110101110 011001 110101110 011001 11100101 111 111 01 11 11 111 01 11 11 111 01 11 11 111 01 111111 01101 1111010 01101 1100110 01101 1001110 1 1000 110101110 011001 110101110 011001 110101110 011001 11100101 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same words from, out at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Here We Go, Again!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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