This is an analysis of the poem Just To Get Upset that begins with:
I wish you knew what I felt inside for you...
But you do! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Aaba bcXde aaXa aFCFGFEFHF dAa aFCFGFEFHF dAaXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,10,3,10,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111110111 111 11111 11 0111 11111010 00101 111010100 10010011101 111 111 11 1 1 11 10101 11 101010 11 110101 11 011010 11 1 11 1 1 11 10101 11 101010 11 110101 11 011010 11 1 11 1 11111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 80
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words yes, do are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines do is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase do connects the lines.
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