This is an analysis of the poem There Is No Point On Knocking Against Someone's Head that begins with:
When something thought common,
But not understood by some....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbXaa cdaXd acecccc ff bXbbeXe dXaca caeaa XdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,7,2,7,5,5,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110 1110111 1111001 10110010101 101000011111 1101011 01011 101011 1010111 100100101 101100001 10100101 11110101 011001010 1 1101001 011101011 00101000101 11101100 101 1010101 1101111001111 1001010110101 110001001 0100110101 1010 0111010 0010010 111100101 01101110 1110001010 1011100100 10101001001010 0100 111010 01010111 11 11 100 1 11001111011
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, no are repeated.
The author used the same word when 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 on is repeated).
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