This is an analysis of the poem Not To Argue Needlessly that begins with:
You don't like the tone of my voice.
Or the way in which it is used? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcda bdebe dXfeX fcgXagXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,5,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101011 10101001 10100 111 111 10011 1110010 1101 1010111011 1101101100 1110111 111010011 000100110 1101011111 01101001100 111 101011 1101001 00101101010 1010100 111111010 01000101010 1001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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 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.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase all connects the lines.
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