This is an analysis of the poem Maybe Not Today But When That Medication Fades that begins with:
I use to feel so bad about it.
I use to get so mad and doubt it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABC AaBC Da Def XXXaX EEGaegE CE AABC EEGg CEXEc A EcEEEEXAfaEaEaE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,2,3,5,7,2,4,4,5,1,15,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111010 110111110 11010101 11111111 110111010 110111110 11010101 11111111 11 0010110101 11 11111010101 00101000101 11110100 1111010 110110 01011 11100 1110101110101 1010111110101 1101111001011 100101101110 1110101 101011101101 1010111110101 110111001 1010111110101 110111010 110111110 11010101 11111111 1110101110101 1010111110101 1101111001011 0110101001 110111001 1010111110101 110111111101 1010111110101 1101010110101 011001001111 1010111110101 1101110101101 1010111110101 1010111110101 1010111110101 1010111110101 011001001111 100011111010 1 1010111110101 1 1010111110101 1 1010111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, they, and, not, maybe, today, but, when, that, medication, fades are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, maybe are repeated.
The author used the same words i, right, and 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, fades are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words stay, fades at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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