This is an analysis of the poem Trade You Lay that begins with:
Don't get me started.
No don't get me started....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaAb cXcab ac AAAb Xddd dDBd AAAb AAAbXdDBdDD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,2,4,4,4,4,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 111110 11110 1 111111101 101110 101 111110 1 11010101 01010111 11110 11110 11110 1 01 10100 010111 0111 11 0100 1010101 101 11110 11110 11110 1 11110 11110 11110 1 1 0100 1010101 10111 111 111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; get, me, started are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words don't, trade are repeated.
The author used the same words you, don't at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase don't connects the lines.
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