This is an analysis of the poem I Would Hate To Ruin My Reputation that begins with:
Why don't you see me hanging in the streets?
Or at the local clubs, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaX bcbd ecXcad aXXadea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,6,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110001 110101 10101010 00111 110110111 111111010 11001 01010110 1111101 111111 10101101 010101 1110010101 100111011001 111010111 111 111110 10110000 1111111 11101011010 010101011 00101101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 22
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
The author used the same word why at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of I Would Hate To Ruin My Reputation;
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- idea of the verse;
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