This is an analysis of the poem I Can'T Buy Another Lie that begins with:
I can't buy another lie to tie up my life.
No....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbCDD AbCDD ECCF ECCF AbCDD GDGDGDGDXAbCDD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,4,5,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111010101111 1 110110 1110101 01011 1111010101111 1 110110 1110101 01011 0010101110101 1010101 0001101 011100111 0010101110101 1010101 0001101 011100111 1111010101111 1 110110 1110101 01011 1000010101101 111010101011 1000010101101 111010101011 1000010101101 111010101011 1000010101101 111010101011 111010101111 1 110110 1110101 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, i, buy, another, lie, can't are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, i are repeated.
The author used the same word with at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words try, teeth at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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