This is an analysis of the poem Say It Bait It And Run that begins with:
You can say it and run.
Say it and run....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAAB AAABA XAXAXAXAcADA AAAB AAABA DACADACA ca AAABXAAABa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,12,4,5,8,2,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 1011 01101 11101010 111011 1011 01101 1110 111 1110010001 101011 10101010 101011 010110101 101011 11100101 101011 110111 101011 1111111 101011 111011 1011 01101 11101010 111011 1011 01101 1110 111 1111111 101011 1111111 101011 1111111 101011 1111111 101011 1111011 011101 111011 1011 01101 11101010 111011 1011 01101 1110 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, say, and, run, too are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same word you 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 run is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word run at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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