This is an analysis of the poem No Respect For Duets that begins with:

You can't disowned me.
Like you're getting off a see-saw, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcDEEFD ggfg ABcDEEFD ggfhXijeege XXccghajf feXfXXiXeeh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,11,9,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 11101011 010 010011101010111 010101010001 10111001 1101 110101011010 11110 11011101 0111001101 001101011001 11011 11101011 010 010011101010111 010101010001 10111001 1101 110101011010 110111010 11010011001 0111110 11110100 1111001 01001010 011 01011101 1101010101 00100011 10100101111 11010111 1111 110100100 01010100 111111111 0101101 1111100101 11111011 01011 10101111 01011111 111 011001011 1111100100 10100011 110 101111 11111101 11011101 1110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to, with are repeated.

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

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  • summary of No Respect For Duets;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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