This is an analysis of the poem Too Much Is Supplicated that begins with:

Too over-rated.
Too! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbAbCaA aaaXdE FAFXFE FAFXFE AbAbCaAFXFEFE FXFE XdE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,6,6,13,4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 1 11010 1 1101 1 101010 11010 1 101010 10 101 11101010 11 0010 111 01000 11 100001101 11 0010 111 01000 11 100001101 11010 1 11010 1 1101 1 101010 111 01000 11 100001101 11 100001101 111 01000 11 100001101 1 101 11101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • 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.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; too is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word too is repeated.

    The author used the same word too at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word done 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 too connects the lines.

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  • summary of Too Much Is Supplicated;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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