This is an analysis of the poem How Much Notice Do You Need? that begins with:
Uh-uh!
Uh-uh Uh-uh Uh-uh Uh-uh......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaab ccde ffcXc gfhhddh gfih eX ieX jkjdcci bgkhhi X ddgd X gdcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,7,4,2,3,7,6,1,4,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11 11111111 11111 1111 1110011011 0110100 010110100010 1101010011 01101101011 00100101101 1100110010011 01110 1001 111111011 0101000111 11010011111 1101101111 1001100 1101001 1111 11011 011010011111 01001 111011 1110011101 101011 110101000010100 0101101001101 001101001 111011111111 1 101010001 110010100010 011110 0110011100100 110110110001 1 01111010011 1010101 11101 11011111 1110111 1101110101 1111 11111 11100 1101 1111 10100011 1011001 010100100 01010010
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; uh, to, you, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word uh is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines uh is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase uh connects the lines.
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- summary of How Much Notice Do You Need?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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