This is an analysis of the poem I Don'T Play That! that begins with:
Call me names!
Convince others I am a 'nut'...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabcdXdceXeadXdXXXXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 01101101 10111 1111 0101 11101001 1011010 111101 11011 110111 1111010 1011111 111011 1110111 101011 1101001 1110111101 00101100111 1111 111110 1101110 1010100111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 607
- Average number of words per stanza: 116
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
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- summary of I Don'T Play That!;
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