This is an analysis of the poem No I Can'T Drink My Mocha Cold that begins with:

Midnight in my mind,
Does not stay rested....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABC DAAC aee ACCC AABC DAAC aee ACCC ACCC aCcXACCC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,4,4,3,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 11110 10110 1101 011001 01010 110 111101 111011101 11110101 111111 11111101 01001 111001 11110 11011 11110 10110 1101 011001 01010 110 111101 11111101 1101 111011 11111101 01001 111001 11110 11111101 01001 11110 111 11111101 01001 11001 11111101 01001 11110 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

    The author used the same word no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of No I Can'T Drink My Mocha Cold;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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