This is an analysis of the poem You Believe You'Re The Joker that begins with:
By whose definition,
Have you confined my inhibitions? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCC DEDC XadX DFEG ABCC DEDC DFEG HIJGAK HIJGAKXHIJGAK
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010 110111010 1011010 0010001 10110100 00011111 110101 0010100 11011100 10011 010101 0111010 110111 01001 0111 1010101 111010 110111010 1011010 0010001 10110100 00011111 110101 0010100 110111 01001 0111 1010101 1101 1010 11 0001 11101 1111 1101 1010 11 0001 11101 1111 1101 1010 11 0001 11101 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, by are repeated.
The author used the same words you, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word laugh at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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