This is an analysis of the poem You Ain'T Got It Like A Psychic that begins with:
You can't tell me what I'm thinking...
Until I tell you what that is! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AB CD EB fCD GGbgfCD HIJ BDFd HIJ BDF EBfCD GGfCD HIJ BDFd ABCD CD CD fdd CDCD DF ECDECDECDXDF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,3,7,3,4,3,3,5,5,3,4,4,2,2,3,4,2,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111010 01111110 11 11101010 11101111 1111100 1 11 11101010 1110101 1111001 111011 111111 1 11 11101010 0111111 11010 110101 0111101101 0101 0111 10011100101 0111111 11010 110101 0111101101 0101 0111 11101111 1111100 1 11 11101010 1110101 1111001 1 11 11101010 0111111 11010 110101 0111101101 0101 0111 00101 11111010 01111110 11 11101010 11 11101010 11 11101010 11110 1111 1010101 11 11101010 11 11101010 010010 11111110 10 11 11101010 10 11 11101010 10 11 11101010 010010 11111110
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 74
- 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.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, it's, uh are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, it's are repeated.
The author used the same words it's, you, uh 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 psychic is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word psychic at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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