This is an analysis of the poem Subtle Disrespect that begins with:
You want it played fair.
With a score card even....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD eXccfg XfXX HFGGG ABCD eHFGGGXHGgG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,5,4,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011 001110 1001101 110111 110 0010 111101110 11111 001101 11011101 110100010111 01001 01111111110 10101001111 010101111111 010101110101 010101101111 0010101111011 11111111001 11011 001110 1001101 110111 110 010101111111 010101110101 010101101111 0010101111011 11111111001 010101111111 10111111001 0101011101011 10111111001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, disrespect, subtle are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word blind at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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