This is an analysis of the poem I'M In Love that begins with:

she's young, she said,
but look at me,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeaXfdghiffjjehihjfcaXbdbacXafgXaabge
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 1111 111010 111111110 1 111 1101110 110001 1001111110 1110110 1110110 10111010010 010 11110110 11001011 111010011011 10011 100 11010111001010 101 11111110011 1111 1111110 111000111 010 11110101 0101101010 111101111 1100010110111 1110 111110101111001 10111101101 0110010100111 11110101110 111110101000 100111111101 10011111010 11110101111 111100 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1290
  • Average number of words per stanza: 264
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, it, my, and, son, i, i'm, me, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines woman, you 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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