This is an analysis of the poem Is That A New Approach? that begins with:
Do me a favor.
Which flavor do you savor? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABBcB AABBcB BB AABBcB AABBcB BB bXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,2,6,6,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010 1101110 1101010 11100 1 11010 11010 1101110 1101010 11100 1 11010 1101010101 0101011111 11010 1101110 1101010 11100 1 11010 11010 1101110 1101010 11100 1 11010 1101010101 0101011111 1110101011 101101001 01111 010101 100110101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, it, you are repeated.
The author used the same word do at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word it at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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