This is an analysis of the poem Wiped Upon Your Welcome Mat that begins with:
I am expected to be profound,
Without spewing profanities? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcXadaXeac bacXcc eebeXfffXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100001 01101000 0101 101011 11101 1010001010 0011010 10111101 001001 1100111010 101100101 01001 1101101000110 01111 1001011101 101010100111010 11011001 111111111 10110110101010 10010111010100 11101111101001 11000110110 10110110 111101 111001000101 110010010011 011011 10100111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 344
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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, i, you, my, not 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.
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