This is an analysis of the poem Someone Who Is Like No One that begins with:

I had a dream,
someone will come....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aa Abbac debf ACGhiJ kakXJe dlh iam Xl bfl Cjn dgnh jj nhfnfb Xfafkn mhmj gc cg kdBLL m dBLL AGengaa Ca Ca hll Ac Aal AXb Cc AGA Xm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,4,6,6,3,3,2,3,3,4,2,6,6,4,2,2,5,1,4,7,2,2,3,2,3,3,2,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 1101 1101 1101011 110101011 111110101 111111001 1101 111 110101101 111101 1101 11 11010 111 1110 1110111 111011110 10110111 11101110 101110 1110111 11011100 1 101011101 10101011001 10101010110 11001101 1101110 1011010101 11101101 1100111 11111110101 011 11 1110101010 110101 1 111110 11111011 01001111 111101010 1010010111101 111111001 1111001 111100101 001111 11101101001 110101 11110010111 001001001 1001001111 100100101 10010010010 11110101 11110 111111001 110011011 111101011 111110 1010110110111 111011111 11111101 1010110 10011 11111101 11101101 111101010 11101111 0011 11111101 11101101 111101010 1101 11010 111101 1110011 1111110 111111001 111111010011 11 111111 11 111111 111101010101001 1111010010101 101001 1101 101010111 1101 101111011 10110101101010 1101 1010010101101 101101001 11 1011111 1101 11010 1101 01010100010101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 30
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 102
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, someone, like, who, not, and, to, so, good, have, me, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, someone, why are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, someone, he, and, oh, why at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word him at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase and connects the lines.

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