This is an analysis of the poem You Folks Don'T Know What You Want that begins with:
You wanted to receive it.
And you told me to keep it real....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX bb Xcaa aXdb aXaca XefX fbede XA a fX XA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,4,4,5,4,5,2,1,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100010 11110101 1111110 10111 111111 1111 111111010 100 110111011 111 1111 11111 111011111 011111010 1111011 100101 0010101 1 111 111001010 1010100 1110 1001 100101 0110011 1001 111 0101 111011111 10001110 1110010 111 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 33
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, just are repeated.
The author used the same words why, 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).
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of There Ain'T Nothing In My Life Like That
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- Analysis of Soon After We Did It
