This is an analysis of the poem You Want Me To Listen But You Don'T that begins with:
You want me to listen,
But you don't or wont....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAB ABAB cXB ddABAB aXXcAB bB eeBb XXABAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,6,6,2,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010 11111 111010 111 111010 11111 111010 111 1010011 11011 1011110111 101110 1110100 111010 11111 111010 111 10010111 1111111 10011 1 111010 11111 1101010101 1011110111 1011011 1111101 1011110111 11 10011 111010 11111 111010 111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 34
- 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, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you 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.
The poet repeated the same words don't, wont at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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