This is an analysis of the poem That-A Be Tops Of Cool that begins with:
Can you tell I've never,
Trusted before? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCABCABC AdC ABCABCABC ADC ABCABCABCADC C ABbC ABbC ABbC eDXDeDddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,3,9,3,12,1,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110 1001 11011110 111110 1001 111011110 111110 1001 111011110 1011110 1111001 11001100111 111110 1001 111011110 111110 1001 111011110 111110 1001 111011110 1011110 111001 11001100111 111110 1001 11011110 111110 1001 111011110 111110 1001 111011110 1011110 111001 11001100111 1001100111 111110 1001 1 1001100111 111110 1001 1 1001100111 111110 1001 1 1001100111 1000101 11001 1000100 11001 1110100 11001 1001 111001 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 58
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, that, be, cool are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.
The author used the same word can 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 too, cool are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word too at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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