This is an analysis of the poem Were Your Knickers In A Twist that begins with:
Did you purposely,
Block my access? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCBCC DEFBGEH FBDEGEH ABCBCC DEFBGEH FBDEGEHXEEEHHHHEH
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,7,6,7,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01100 1111 111101 0111 000010100 11111101 01110 111101 111110 01111 11010101 0110001 10111 111110 01111 01110 111101 11010101 0110001 10111 01100 1111 111101 0111 000010100 11111101 01110 111101 111110 01111 11010101 0110001 10111 111110 01111 01110 111101 11010101 0110001 10111 0110001 0110001 0110001 10111 111 111 10111 0110001 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you, your, knickers, in, twist, pissed, off are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words were, pissed are repeated.
The author used the same word did 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 twist, off are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word off at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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