This is an analysis of the poem Slick Sickening Shtick that begins with:
Don't talk to me about your concepts of God.
Or part time faith, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXbcde dafdebdf AeXghdebde gdiccc hceXgbae hjjibi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,10,6,8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010111001 1111 1101 11111001010 1111010 11110101 110111101 101111101 10111101111 1010011 11 01101 111010 110101001 11010111001 1101010101 01011010 01111 010110001 111111 11101 011011 111000100101 1001101101 10101000101 1001010100 111 1111 011010 01010111011 111001011 11011 1110011 11011 0101101 01101 11011 0100111 1110101111 10111111000 1110100100 1011010101 11010100110 110111001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; you, your, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word don't at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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