This is an analysis of the poem When I Trip I Don'T Bluff that begins with:
I never contemplated on leaving you anywhere.
The only thing I pre-meditate......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDEFGFH ABCDEFGFH Xhd CIG eXggb CIG X eXh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,3,3,5,3,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101101101 010111101 00111011 11010001010 001101 11111011 111101110011 101011111 111 11010101101101 010111101 00111011 11010001010 001101 11111011 111101110011 101011111 111 110111 11011 11101 11011111 111111 111 1100100 1100111011 1101011 101001 11010100101 11011111 111111 111 11101010000 1 11110100 0101101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; time, i, enough are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word time at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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