This is an analysis of the poem You Told Me To Shut Up that begins with:
Why can't you shut up,
And let me say something? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXb bXcXXdda cdX Xdbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,3,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 111110 11111001 01101110 1111111 101 1111 10111111011 10111011 101 11101011101 11001101010101 110101110 10 1 1110111 1 1 111100 1010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 20
- 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.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; something is repeated.
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- summary of You Told Me To Shut Up;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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