This is an analysis of the poem When You'Re On The Scene People Leave that begins with:
Oh, Baby!
Do you think you're kinda high? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBCB ADED FAGEEFh aBBCBHaDED XFAHGEEF AIIAII ABBCB ADED XFAHGEEF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,7,10,8,6,5,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110 1111101 1111111 01101 0010101 110 110101 110111010101 01011 110101110001 111100 1101010010101 11101 111101 101 11 10 1111111 1111111 01101 0010101 111 110 110101 110111010101 01011 1 110101110001 111100 111 1101010010101 11101 111101 101 111100010101100 1111 1011111 111100010101100 1111 1011111 110 1111101 1111111 01101 0010101 110 110101 110111010101 01011 1 110101110001 111100 111 1101010010101 11101 111101 101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 57
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you, their, up are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words do, to, no are repeated.
The author used the same word oh 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 high is repeated).
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