This is an analysis of the poem Maybe I Am A Bit Overly Protective that begins with:
Okay, okay, okay!
I admit it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcXXddaXdbbeefXcXfg XXdXcbfX fdXhXaegbh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,8,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 1010 111010 1001110001 011 11101 010000111 1011010 101001 011101 0100101 1 1 1101 101 110101 1111101 1100110 010 011111 110101111 10100 11010 110101 00010010 1001000010 01011001100 011001 1110101 11010101 01 1101011 01110 101101100010 101011 11 11110111 111111 111101100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; okay, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, please, release, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines please is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase please connects the lines.
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- summary of Maybe I Am A Bit Overly Protective;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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