This is an analysis of the poem You Can'T Pay Me that begins with:
I know what I want.
Know 'what' I want....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabaACbXdXACda
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11111 1111 11111 1111 11111 11111100 11111 0010100110101 1010101 1000101010 11111 11111100 111011110 110001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 399
- Average number of words per stanza: 80
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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:
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; i, know, want, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines want is repeated).
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