This is an analysis of the poem Save Some Of That Grease You Do Not Eat that begins with:
Did you plan to fill my nights,
With implanted enchantment? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAB CCBXc DCBB DCBc DCcX DCB ABAB CCBc DCBB DCB DCB DCB DCB BXB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,4,4,3,4,4,4,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110111 0010010 001 101 011011 10101010 01101 1011 11101110 11000 1100010 11 101101 11000 1100010 11 10111010 11000 1100010 10101011 10110 11000 1100010 110111111 0110111 0010010 001 101 011011 10101010 01101 11111110 11000 1100010 11 101101 11000 1100010 110111111 11000 1100010 110111111 11000 1100010 110111111 11000 1100010 110111111 110111111 110111111
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 50
- 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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, save are repeated.
The author used the same words did, whatever, save 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 eat is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word eat at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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