This is an analysis of the poem You Can'T Top Me! that begins with:
You can't top me!
Like you did when you did it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBB ABBB ABABABC dXXXDXEXEXD ABBB ABBBXAXDXDXDXDXABABABC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,11,4,22,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 1101100 1101110 00101010 1111 1101100 1101110 00101010 1111 00101010 1111 00101010 1111 00101010 00101010011 111111 00100 1010111011 100100 010101 100100 110010 100100 110010 00100 010101 1111 1101100 1101110 00101010 1111 1101100 1101110 00101010 1100 1111 100100 010101 100100 010101 100100 010101 100100 010101 1111 00101010 1111 00101010 1111 00101010 00101010011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 53
- 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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, it, with, beggin', not, to, miss, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.
The author used the same word you 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 it is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word heats at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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