This is an analysis of the poem That's All I'M Gonna Feed that begins with:
It's not about the rhyme,
And reason....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDDBCDD ABCDDBCDD EF XDdCEF ABCDDBCDD EFXEF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,2,6,9,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101 110 10101 10101101 1010 101110010 10101 11010111 1010 010101 110 10101 10101101 1010 101110010 10101 11010111 1010 01010111 1110101 010101011 1010 1010101011 10101 01010111 1110101 010101 110 10101 10101101 1010 101110010 10101 11010111 1010 01010111 1110101 01010111 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 39
- 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:
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; not, about, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.
The author used the same words it's, i'm at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words it, feed at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of That's All I'M Gonna Feed;
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