This is an analysis of the poem Where Did You Get That 'Bad' Attitude? that begins with:
Is it the front.
Or the back....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXb XXccX bXc X XXb X aXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,3,1,3,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0001 101 11101 11110001 11011 1100100 011011100 00110101 111110011 111111010001 110 1011101111011 1011 1101101001 11101000 1011110101 1011111011 1 11011 110111011010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, i are repeated.
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