This is an analysis of the poem No Thank You that begins with:

No I do not want a kitten,
No cute, cuddly kitty-poo,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXbXcababXaacXXadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 1110101 111101100 1111101 11101010 1110101 11101010 1110011 11011110 1111111 10111110 1010100 01111111 01101011 01111010 1111111 11111110 1111111 111101110 1100101 10010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 705
  • Average number of words per stanza: 134
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; no, more, i've, and, if, him are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, i've, if, i are repeated.

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