This is an analysis of the poem You Will Get What's Coming that begins with:

What makes you think,
You can play me cheap....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD EFDFDGXHI jgcfi XXij jjXef ggeijX ABCD EFDFDGXHI eegXeXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,5,4,5,6,4,9,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 11111 10100111 110100 1011 11011000100 001000 1101 11100 0110101010 101010010100 11100101 001001101111 111111 010010100 1101001010101 101010101 111011101 1011010011101 110110010 1011101100 11101 111111 010110011 0110111010001 11011 110011110 101100100110 111111111 11101 111100010 10101101010110 1101000 1111 11111 10100111 110100 1011 11011000100 001000 1101 11100 0110101010 101010010100 11100101 001001101111 1111101101 110101111 0010000110 1000100 11010101001001 101110 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, that are repeated.

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

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  • summary of You Will Get What's Coming;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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