This is an analysis of the poem On Call To Drip that begins with:
I want to please.
I don't want you on your knees, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaXbcc cdceeccc Abcbdaf AXfXfXXX AfXXAcceA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,7,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 1111111 01 11 11 1100 1111 10001011 11 1101101 111111 1101 11101 1100 1101 011001 01011 10101 110101 10101 11001110 1101 1 0011 1101 010 110010010 0010101 01001101 1101 11011101 10101011 1101 11 11 01011101 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, for are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word it at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of On Call To Drip;
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