This is an analysis of the poem That I Can'T Do that begins with:
You can't be mean to me,
And expect my eyes to glow......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaaBB XcdeBB AaXfa ffXdc ABbbbBB AbBBAbBBbBb ggbBbBeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,5,5,7,11,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 1011101 0111 1001010101 1111 11011011001 11111 00100101110 011111111 1011001011101 1111 11011011001 101011101011 10100111111 001111 101101 00100111101 11111101011 0010001101101 1101001110 01101111111 1111110111 101011101011 1111 1101100101 1010101010111 111 1111 11110111111 110101011 1 1111 11110111111 110101011 1 1111 11110111111 1 1111 0101110101 1101 1010111 1 1111 1111110111 1111 1 111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you, i, with, can't, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, that are repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word boo at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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