This is an analysis of the poem Running Out Of Our Supply that begins with:
That's not going to do it!
Bring another....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aB B BBBBb XccaXdXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,5,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110010 1010 1010 1010 1010 1010 1010 1010 1 1111010010 11100100 1 1000110100 01011000011 01001100 1 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (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; bring, another are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word bring is repeated.
The author used the same word bring at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines another is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word another at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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