This is an analysis of the poem Teaser that begins with:
You're just a teaser.
And more today from you I need....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABACACDB ABACACDB EBEee ABACACDBXEBEeea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,5,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010 11010111 11010 011011 111010 111111 10111 0010111 11010 11010111 11010 011011 111010 111111 10111 0010111 11110110 10010111 11110110 10 10 11010 11010111 11010 011011 111010 111111 10111 0010111 11110110 10010111 11110110 10 10 10
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 35
- 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; you, only are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word only is repeated.
The author used the same word you're 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 only is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word feed at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase only connects the lines.
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- summary of Teaser;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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