This is an analysis of the poem No More Fearful Innuendos that begins with:

No more...fearful innuendos.
No more. No more....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABABABAB cBDcBD AeFE AGHE EfgXg EBABABABAB ABABABAB AGHE EB ABABABAB AeFEXcBDEcBDEcBDEcBD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,4,4,5,10,8,4,2,8,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110000010 1111 11100010 1111 11100010 1111 11100010 1111 1 0101 10011 1 0101 10011 10110 110111011 110101110 001000111 10111 1100011100 11010110010 10101010101 11 11010 111010101 11110100100 0101011101 11 11 100010 1111 11100010 1111 11100010 1111 11100010 1111 110000010 1111 11100010 1111 11100010 1111 11100010 1111 10111 1100011100 11010110010 10101010101 11 11 100010 1111 11100010 1111 11100010 1111 11100010 1111 10110 1101111111 110101110 001000111 1 0101 10011 11 1 0101 10011 11 1 0101 10011 11 1 0101 10011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; no, more, your are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

    The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words you, more at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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