This is an analysis of the poem Stop Being So Dramatic that begins with:
You tell me what you think and mean.
But why you don't, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC dabc CECBC fc CG CFd CGCFD hXiiXh CECBC CGCFDCGCFD ABC GCFDCGCFD HaCGCGCG iCGCFDHXGGGFD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,2,2,3,5,6,5,10,3,9,8,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111 1111 101 1110001 11101 11011 10111 101 1111101 101 11 1101 111001101 1110111 101 1101010 101 110 110010 101 1101010 101 110 010010 111110100110 111010101 11110101 1011001111 1101111 0010 101 1111101 101 11 1101 101 1101010 101 110 010010 101 1101010 101 110 010010 11111111 1111 101 1101010 101 110 010010 101 1101010 101 110 010010 11110110110 101 101 1101010 101 1101010 101 1101010 1101011101 101 1101010 101 110 010010 11110110110 1101010 1101010 1101010 110 010010
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 77
- 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; you, let, it, go, stop, being, so, dramatic are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word stop is repeated.
The author used the same words let, 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 go, dramatic are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words go, fanatics at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Stop Being So Dramatic;
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