This is an analysis of the poem Watch Me that begins with:
The sky has lost its color; it looks dull and gray.
The world has lost its charm, and I wish it would go away....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdefgbXgdXbgbbfaagea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 011101001111 01110111101101 11011011110011 011010011001 111111011111 1101111111111 1110111010111 1011001010110110 0111011010101 111100100111101101 011101110101010 011111001011010 101111111011 10001111011101 11111111111001 11111110100010 1111111111001 1111111101111 101010101101 110111111111 1101010111100101 1110000101111 10101011101 1011010 111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1300
- Average number of words per stanza: 275
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, you, i 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 Watch Me;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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