This is an analysis of the poem You Don'T Want Nobody Comin' To You Just To Freak that begins with:

You don't want nobody comin' to you just to freak,
Ooooobabe! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXB ABc DXC DXC AXB AX XdXXdXXX ABXBXBXB XABeABe DdXBXBXBXXBXXBXXBXX AXB AX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,2,8,8,7,19,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111001101 10 11 1111111001101 11 10 111 11 1101010 111 11 1101010 1111111001101 10 11 1111111001101 10 1111110111 110011 111111011 0111111 1101 011111 111110101 10101010 1111111001101 11 10 11 10 11 10 11 1 1111111001101 11 1 1111111001101 11 1 111 11 10 11 10 11 10 11 1 10 11 1 10 11 1 10 11 1 10 1111111001101 10 11 1111111001101 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to, oh, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word oh is repeated.

    The author used the same words you, oh 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 oh is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word baby at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase oh connects the lines.

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  • summary of You Don'T Want Nobody Comin' To You Just To Freak;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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