This is an analysis of the poem Oh! Oh! ...The Speed Increases that begins with:
I want to touch.
I wish, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCXCC dE dFX FGHF ABCXCC hFGHF hFGHF idE idFX FGHF Xf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,3,4,6,5,5,3,4,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 11 1101 1101 101111 11 10110001 1111111 1011111 110111 0101110 1101010 110101 1101010 11010101 1101 11 1101 1101 101111 11 1 1101010 110101 1101010 11010101 1 1101010 110101 1101010 11010101 11 1110001 1111111 11 111111 110111 0101110 1101010 110101 1101010 11010101 1 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; i, oh are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, oh are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word moans at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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