This is an analysis of the poem Taking Off My Clothes that begins with:
I take off my shirt, I show you.
I shaved the hair out under my arms. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXc bXb Xbc Xd bdX aX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,2,3,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111 110111011 1111111101 111001101 1100100110 111111001 110011111 1101011 10011011110 011011010010 001110110101 0111010101001 110110 1111010 110101111100 1101111 111110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my, of, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, my, you are repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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