This is an analysis of the poem Better Not Ask Me that begins with:
(Hey the truth might hurt so I'm tellin' you now that you better not ask me)
Hey you better not ask me where I been all night...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme:
- Stanza lengths (in strings):
- Closest metre:
- Сlosest rhyme:
- Сlosest stanza type:
- Guessed form:
- Metre:
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 905
- Average number of words per stanza: 198
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, ask, not, better, to, and, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hey, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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