This is an analysis of the poem Whatchu Wanna Kno'? that begins with:
Whatchu wanna kno'?
Ask me to my face....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcaddXeeeXeXXdefXfggXXedXcfbaXeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 11011 11110101 111101 1011001 101 1111 10101 111111 1110011 1111111 11001 01111001 11101 01101 111101 1111011 11111101 10101 110101011 0101 101001111 1000 10101 1110111 111111 001100111 001110 10111001 001000101 001000101 1000 110111 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 931
- Average number of words per stanza: 175
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word who is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of Whatchu Wanna Kno'?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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