This is an analysis of the poem Why You So Upset? that begins with:
What's a toe without a toenail?
'What's a what without a who? '...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a X baXcd X d X bcbXe X Xe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,5,1,1,1,5,1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101011 10101011 01 10001011 1 11101001 10110 11010110111011 1111 110 01 1100101 1111001 11111000 111110 111011 111 1111110
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 49
- Average number of words per stanza: 10
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; without, you are 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 Why You So Upset?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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