This is an analysis of the poem We Need Cash And Not Your Lip that begins with:
You may not have a clue,
Or be conscious of it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCdbbEF GHIjB GHGIjBg ABCdbbEF XXbab GHGJKL GHGJKL l L l L X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,7,8,5,6,6,1,1,1,1,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 101000 1101010101 010 1010101100 01010101 0010001 1011101 1011010 1011100 1111010 1 110101 1011010 1011100 1011010 1111010 1 110101 11110 111101 101000 1101010101 010 1010101100 01110101 0010001 1011101 11111100 11011111 1101000 0101 1101 1011010 1011100 1011010 11110101 11110011 11011111 1011010 1011100 1011010 11110101 11110011 11011111 11 1111111 11 1111111 111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.
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; to, you, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is 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 lip at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of We Need Cash And Not Your Lip;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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